Marchione 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Work is letting me package a computer this go round and It looks like i am able to get a MAC.anyone out there use a MACBOOK or a MBP to play poker on ?what about running pokertracker thru boot-camp ?cheersyes shipament to vick12 Link to post Share on other sites
Ko8e34 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I use a MBP. Stars works fine and I also use parallels for Absolute Poker. Windows runs very smoothly on my machine, although I havent used Poker Tracker. I would definitely go with the Pro version as it is faster, bigger screen, (if you multitable) and looks nicer. Link to post Share on other sites
vbnautilus 49 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I use a MBP. Stars works fine and I also use parallels for Absolute Poker. Windows runs very smoothly on my machine, although I havent used Poker Tracker. I would definitely go with the Pro version as it is faster, bigger screen, (if you multitable) and looks nicer.I also use a MBP. Poker tracker works under Parallels. Mac > Windows Link to post Share on other sites
Marchione 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 i am getting screen freezes my current windows based system - i understand screen freezes dont happen on MACS? Link to post Share on other sites
Ko8e34 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 i am getting screen freezes my current windows based system - i understand screen freezes dont happen on MACS?Force Quit FTW Link to post Share on other sites
Marchione 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 Force Quit FTWi am 32 > WTF does that mean ? Link to post Share on other sites
Ko8e34 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 i am 32 > WTF does that mean ?If a program is frozen and not responding, you can force quit the program, which simply terminates its processes and doesn't freeze up your whole machine. Very very nice feature especially when you go from PC to Mac. Link to post Share on other sites
wsox8 10 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I don't have much experience.. but I've got an HP right now and was thinking of getting a mac for my next laptop, whenever that is. Link to post Share on other sites
Syntonic 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I play PS on a Macbook Pro, too.Don't have any complaints - I ran vista for awhile too, and everything worked great.Honestly the best part of the MBP is the screen; it has bar-none the best looking screen I've seen on a laptop. Glossy FTW. (For the win! ) Link to post Share on other sites
Marchione 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 If a program is frozen and not responding, you can force quit the program, which simply terminates its processes and doesn't freeze up your whole machine. Very very nice feature especially when you go from PC to Mac.thank you for speaking old man for me !It looks like i am going with the macbook> upgrading to the 2g of ram and the 160 gig hard drive. Link to post Share on other sites
Marchione 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 dude ~ i thought it ment F*CK THE World .... lol thanks Link to post Share on other sites
Kaveros 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Really, you don't want a mac.They are very expensive. I could get a PC for $700 that has the same power as a $2500 mac.Ontop of that when you want to upgrade, you can't! Well you can, but you have to pay the retailer a shite load of money to do it.Also the resale value plummets when you buy it, I have heard it can drop upward of 110%.There is no upside to it either. "It just works". Yeah, so does a PC, what is your point? Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Junglen 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Before I became an online professional poker player (and therefore before PS/FTP worked on Macs, though that's not too relevant for me anyways), I owned a Powerbook (Mac laptop). I loved it. It hurt me to sell it in order to buy a Dell Inspiron laptop, but I needed it to play online. At any rate, money isn't an issue now, and I bought a MBP around 6-8 months ago. Boy, did I miss OSX. I forgot how easy the Operation System was to use. The main reason I love my Macbook Pro is because it's so light and thin - therefore it's incredibly easy to travel with. When you spend the kind of time in an airport that I do, it's really nice not having the haul around a heavy laptop. It's perfect for traveling, and it's my main media hub. It works great with my iPods (all 4 of them!), iPhone, and PS and FTP now run natively on OSX, so if I feel like playing the Sunday Million on the road, I can. But for the most part, I don't play much online poker when I'm on the road. Although with most Windows machines I have had some issues (crashes, etc), the most recent Dell I've purchased hasn't given me too much trouble, though. The main reason why Mac's are becoming so popular is because their operating system is truly years ahead of Windows Vista, not to mention they look pretty stylish. They're really easy to use and for the average user, that's really all they want. Not everyone knows how to setup (and maintain) an anti-vrius program, and they're nearly non-existent on Mac's. I still use my Dell along with the 30in/20in monitor setup as my "workstation", but when I'm not playing poker I'm probably on my Mac. Link to post Share on other sites
Marchione 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 Before I became an online professional poker player (and therefore before PS/FTP worked on Macs, though that's not too relevant for me anyways), I owned a Powerbook (Mac laptop). I loved it. It hurt me to sell it in order to buy a Dell Inspiron laptop, but I needed it to play online. At any rate, money isn't an issue now, and I bought a MBP around 6-8 months ago. Boy, did I miss OSX. I forgot how easy the Operation System was to use. The main reason I love my Macbook Pro is because it's so light and thin - therefore it's incredibly easy to travel with. When you spend the kind of time in an airport that I do, it's really nice not having the haul around a heavy laptop. It's perfect for traveling, and it's my main media hub. It works great with my iPods (all 4 of them!), iPhone, and PS and FTP now run natively on OSX, so if I feel like playing the Sunday Million on the road, I can. But for the most part, I don't play much online poker when I'm on the road. Although with most Windows machines I have had some issues (crashes, etc), the most recent Dell I've purchased hasn't given me too much trouble, though. The main reason why Mac's are becoming so popular is because their operating system is truly years ahead of Windows Vista, not to mention they look pretty stylish. They're really easy to use and for the average user, that's really all they want. Not everyone knows how to setup (and maintain) an anti-vrius program, and they're nearly non-existent on Mac's. I still use my Dell along with the 30in/20in monitor setup as my "workstation", but when I'm not playing poker I'm probably on my Mac.Adam if poker doesnt work out for you - being a mac sales person would be a no brainer- you just sold me on it.how did you run in Aus ? Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Junglen 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Adam if poker doesnt work out for you - being a mac sales person would be a no brainer- you just sold me on it.how did you run in Aus ?The highlight of Australia was when I swapped a 5% with Jeff when he won the Heads up event for $100k. Lol, it was a crappy trip poker-wise, but it's all good. I recently moved out and have been running pretty good online, plucking a 5k HU SNG from Dario and have won about 20k total in online tourneys the last week. Link to post Share on other sites
Marchione 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 you dont really play much online/live cash do you ? Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Junglen 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 you dont really play much online/live cash do you ?No not really. Occasionally some of the cap games on FTP, and on smaller sites (usually better action there). Link to post Share on other sites
Marchione 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 Yo adam thanks for taking the time to post and welcome to FCP ... Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Junglen 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Yo adam thanks for taking the time to post and welcome to FCP ...No problem, and thank you very much. Link to post Share on other sites
benhoug 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I play on Stars and used to play on Full Tilt on both my PowerBook and my MacMini. No complaints here. I used Mac Poker Pro for tracking software for the trial period and it worked great. Haven't bought the full version yet, but I'm sure I will.The online poker scene for Mac-users is 1,000 % better than it was even a year ago. Go for it.Ben Link to post Share on other sites
outsider13 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 My previous PC was totally crappy when it came to running PT and running multiple tables. Every time it would load new hands, it would go into serious bog down mode.Just got a new pc. It an HP Pavillion - Athlon XP 2600, dual core, 3GB of ram, 400 GB HD. I got it for $399, no monitor. I had to put a new video card in so I could run dual monitors. The system really kicks ass, and it's reasonably inexepensive. If you do go with a PC using Vista, get at least 2 or 3 GB of ram. I cannot believe they sell some Vista systems with only 1 GB of ram. Vista is a serious system hog.Macs are nice, but they are pretty pricey. Link to post Share on other sites
Marchione 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 the macpoker pro software looks awesome .........Sorry guys I am not allowed getting a desktop because work is footing the bill Link to post Share on other sites
nobody610 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I would highly suggest not getting a mac. If you do make sure you get some kind of extended warranty. I have always had pc's and never had any problems with them. After one year, to the day, when the warranty expired everything went to crap. The battery quit working and the hard drive completely crashed. To get just those things fixed will cost just as much as buying a fully loaded brand new pc. Link to post Share on other sites
AcesOnFire 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Eh no viruses for Macs at the moment, the more people that buy them, the more likely it is you will see one. People don't get that... Link to post Share on other sites
solderz 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Mac's make Dell's seem non-proprietary. Link to post Share on other sites
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