Should I go With Boot Camp Or Parallels To Run PTracker on a Mac?

[ckboddic]

I see that Boot Camp is free. Parallels isn't too expensive and you don't have to restart your computer to go into Windows. Which is best?

Also if I have Parallels can I just play Full Tilt in OSX and import the hand histories directly to the Poker Tracker in Windows? Or do I have to play Full Tilt on Windows through Parallel in order to be able to import hand histories into Poker Tracker?

Thanks!

[SamIAm]

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I see that Boot Camp is free. Parallels isn't too expensive and you don't have to restart your computer to go into Windows. Which is best?

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If you don't mind the performance hit, Parallels is friggin' sweet. I'm routinely impressed with how well Parallels works.

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Also if I have Parallels can I just play Full Tilt in OSX and import the hand histories directly to the Poker Tracker in Windows?

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You should be fine playing in Mac and sharing the folder with Windows.

[dbirider16]

I definitely recommend parallels. I use two monitors and have parallels running in coherence mode (overlays windows onto OS X) on the second one. You get the best of both worlds, being able to run both windows and OS X at the same time, completely integrated with eachother.

And yes, you can auto import your hand histories from the Mac version of full tilt poker into poker tracker on windows.

I'm running a top of the line MacBook Pro and have no performance issues while running paralells.

[ckboddic]

Question: Is Poker Ace Hud compatible with Parallels or will I need to use Bootcamp for that? Can I use both Bootcamp and Parallels and the same copy of Windows XP?

[pokerchap]

VMware fusion is free and runs grrreeeaaaat.

and yes u can use the same copy of XP... no need to get both tho?