On 15 Aug 2003 12:19:23 GMT, (RobinF) wrote:

With limited funds: Can get 7000 for $20 or 9000 for $30. Am a C player. Is the
difference worth the extra money. Thanks,

R. Robyn
Robin

If you like bloatware then get CM7000, 8 or 9. If you want a nice
program get CM6000 with the upgrade patch 1.03. Ever since I've had
no reason to go any further. I think it is the best CM they came out
with. After that it is just bloatware in my opinion, though some say
CM9000 is maybe stronger than the rest of the CM's but that may be
debated. Ebay is one of your best options to get a chess program at
the cheapest price. You probably can get CM9000 for less than 20
dollars on ebay excluding shipping.

EZoto

With limited funds: Can get 7000 for $20 or 9000 for $30. Am a C player. Is the
difference worth the extra money. Thanks,

R. Robyn
Robin

yes, it's worth the extra. Chessmaster 7000 was full of bugs and had
particularly bad incompatibility problems with Windows XP. These seem to
have been corrected in CM9000. As regards content, both CM programs are
similar, although there are 3 audio tutorial courses by IM Josh Waitzkin in
CM9000, whereas CM7000 has only 2 of these courses. Also CM Live seems to
work properly for a change, although nobody plays there. Go for CM 9000 is
my advice.


"RobinF" wrote in message
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With limited funds: Can get 7000 for $20 or 9000 for $30. Am a C player.
Is the
difference worth the extra money. Thanks,

R. Robyn
Robin

Thanks for the responses. Will go for the CM9000. OK, will go to Ebay


Robyn