![]() Or part of the reason could be, as was recounted to me, that the Mac Chessbase software was “perhaps the worst-ever commercial Mac software ever created.” In any case, it doesn’t exist for sale anymore, and ChessBase staff told me last year that they have no plans to introduce a Mac-friendly version any time in the near future. Part of the reason could be that Macs weren’t as popular a decade ago as they are now in our hipster-flourishing era. Actually, ChessBase did make a Mac OS version a while ago, but apparently it didn’t sell very well, so they canned it. You might well ask why ChessBase doesn’t make a Mac-friendly version. Of course, in reality, I really don’t know very much about computers – besides which cities make appropriate names…) (Notice that in what follows, I will continue to use impressive-sounding computergeek terminology in order to appear like I know what I’m talking about. Or, more accurately, ChessBase doesn’t produce an OS X compatible version. A Mac is hardware, but the operating software that comes with a Mac – in my case, the imaginatively named “OS X Mavericks” – can’t handle ChessBase. However, there was just one tiny problem with my new toy, and it’s exactly the same reason as to why you won’t see any macs floating around at top-level chess tournaments, and the same reason why not one of my GM friends takes a mac to tournaments: That’s another story, but I accept your judgement in advance. 12 years ago, after “a series of unfortunate events”, I started naming my computers after Australian cities. If you don’t know what a Mac is, then the rest of this post isn’t going to be much fun for you.) If you don’t know what a hipster is, but you’ve seen American Psycho, check out:
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