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    Chess looks like poo...

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by count_schemula, Oct 31, 2007.

  1. count_schemula

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    Any reason chess still looks like such poo?

    I'd play chess, but it actually looks so crappy, I never do.

    Any way to skin that thing or make it more normal?
     
    count_schemula, Oct 31, 2007
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    OS X's chess does look inordinately ugly compared to most chess programs, but eh, it's chess I guess so it's not a huge deal. It'd be nice if it could look sleek like the Chessmaster games though.

    A bigger problem is that it's quite SLOW. I don't know how good the AI is because it's so slow that I always gave up in disgust after 3 moves (i.e. I move, wait 30 min for computer to move, I move again, 25 minutes into 2nd wait I quit the app).
     
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    The chess game in Vista looks a lot better.
     
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    The voice recognition in Chess never seems to work for me. I have Speakable Items on usually, and it always picks up what I said, but it never seems to work in Chess.

    Its a conspiracy...
     
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    Vista's games aren't bad - they're a good way to waste time.

    OS X doesn't really have that much I can do to waste time with :(

    No minesweeper or texas holdem or solitaire or hearts...it feels wrong to download them too

    Incidentally, playing minesweeper using the Apple touchpad is a quite....*novel*....experience in itself..
     
    taelrak, Nov 1, 2007
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    Windows XP Pinball is fun. No, seriously!
     
    Sam, Nov 1, 2007
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    I don't need it to look hot or sleek. Even plain would be fine, like what I got with xboard on my SuSE Linux.

    I just installed Vista on my Boot Camp and that chess is acceptable.

    Looks like I have Vista for OneNote and Chess... lolz...
     
    count_schemula, Nov 1, 2007
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    yeah there is no way to waste time in OS X, i actually downloaded solitaire, and yes it felt so so weird.
     
    sheldon77, Nov 1, 2007
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