Originally posted by z00t£50 isn't pricey for a computer of any sort and that is how much this Mac cost me. A Mac will use Microsoft Office (now there's a pricey gizmo) but why would anyone want to when Open office is better and free? Playchess is another pricey gizmo that is completely unnecessary, I don't even use it on my PC.
Mac? That's a pricey gizmo that runs on some special hardware and still can't use Microsoft Office or the Playchess client.
Originally posted by KeplerIf you can show me how to get rid of this error on Linux "fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" despite installing common controls then I might listen to the Mac advice.
£50 isn't pricey for a computer of any sort and that is how much this Mac cost me. A Mac will use Microsoft Office (now there's a pricey gizmo) but why would anyone want to when Open office is better and free? Playchess is another pricey gizmo that is completely unnecessary, I don't even use it on my PC.
The problem with Macs is that they cannot do all that Windows can and still needs crossover for which wine is free for Linux. You would still get the above error with the Mac I believe.
Originally posted by z00tSo what exactly can a Windows box do that a Mac can't? Of course, if we are talking about a fancy, brand new, up to the minute Mac the answer is "nothing" since the Mac can run Windows natively. Now the question becomes what can the Mac do that the PC cannot? Run the Mac OS!
If you can show me how to get rid of this error on Linux "fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" despite installing common controls then I might listen to the Mac advice.
The problem with Macs is that they cannot do all that Windows can and still needs crossover for which wine is free for Linux. You would still get the above error with the Mac I believe.
I doubt very much I would get the same error with my Mac for one very simple reason, I wouldn't be mucking about with Playchess and Wine. Why are you trying to run Playchess on Linux anyway? Wouldn't it be much simpler to use Windows?
Which chess program (Fritz, ChessBase or Playchess) natively supports Mac without crossover? I don't think ICC fans can get onto ICC on the Mac. A pure Linux/Mac user would be stuck with only RHP for chess.
The reason I'm trying to get Playchess working is because I had to update the machine with a ton of updates (yeah Linux users complain that Windows has a ton of updates) and wanted to see whether Playchess still did not work. The guys on winehq have info many years old - http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=3937
I aslo recommended Fedora to some users a while back and it would have been handy to add some more apps to the mix than GNUChess.
Originally posted by z00tHiarcs works on Mac. It can be run through the Sigma interface which has a large number of features including analysis and database features. Granted, it doesn't make stupid comments about bulls on ice, but it does work and is free! There are various other UCI engines that can be run via Sigma. Exachess is a database very similar to ChessBase. Internet Chess (fairly unoriginal name there) supports ICC on Mac, I am certainly not just stuck with RHP or its various alter egoes. If a Mac user is willing to sup with the devil and delve into Unix stuff just about anything that will run on Linux can be run on a Mac. Alternatively, Linux can be run on the Mac in which case running Linux software is no problem at all.
Which chess program (Fritz, ChessBase or Playchess) natively supports Mac without crossover? I don't think ICC fans can get onto ICC on the Mac. A pure Linux/Mac user would be stuck with only RHP for chess.
The reason I'm trying to get Playchess working is because I had to update the machine with a ton of updates (yeah Linux users complain that Windows has ...[text shortened]... sers a while back and it would have been handy to add some more apps to the mix than GNUChess.
Hiarcs, Fruit, Crafty and Scid will all run on Linux so there are some more chess apps to add to GNUChess. No doubt there are others.
OO better than Microsoft Office? See Microsoft Office versus Open Office shootout http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=101
Any Excel power user will tell you that Calc is a toy. You do get what you pay for and with OO as you have paid nothing you cannot expect to get a World class suite. Like a GNUChess fan wondering why people get ChessBase or Fritz.
Even though GNUChess/OO is "free" the developers have to "eat" as well.