Macbooks and online poker

mandrAKe · #1 05-02-2007, 04:45 PM

I'd like to make a macbook or macbook pro my next computer. However, I need to be able to play poker on it.

Anyone does this?
Do you use something like parallells or vmware?
does those solutions work with multitabling over another monitor?
pokeracehud/pokertracker?
performance?

thanks in advance

Bakes · #2 05-02-2007, 05:11 PM

i play full tilt on my macbook, however the lack of pt/pa hud makes it unbearable to play.

you can load windows on the intel macs tho, and you should be able to get full functionality if you do this.

mandrAKe · #3 05-02-2007, 05:26 PM

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you can load windows on the intel macs tho, and you should be able to get full functionality if you do this.

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You mean like a dualboot setup? I'd rather solve it with some kind of virtual machine software - anyone do this?

Twistofsin · #4 05-02-2007, 05:40 PM

Considering how laggy PT + PAHUD makes a native Windows PC I don't think it would function well with VMWare if you like to multi table.

Dadswell · #5 05-02-2007, 06:15 PM

either dual boot or use parallels to run windows in a VM

JimmytheGeek · #6 05-02-2007, 06:32 PM

My brother is currently four tabling at PokerStars on a 2.0GHz G5 iMac under VirtualPC. He auto-imports into PokerTracker and runs Gametime+ for a HUD, without things being laggy.

I used to play at Party on a 1.2GHZ G4 under VPC. With PokerTracker not running and no HUD, things started to slow down with three tables and became very laggy with four.

PAHud will not run on VPC due to it's anti-piracy software. Some people have had the same problem with PAHud on Parallels. Others have reported that it runs on the current version of Parallels, I have no experience with parallels.

I am still using the G4 mentioned above, where I am writing this. I finally built a Windows (Ugh!) box for ~$600 just to play poker.

Jonathan · #7 06-07-2007, 08:34 AM

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Considering how laggy PT + PAHUD makes a native Windows PC I don't think it would function well with VMWare if you like to multi table.

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This is not true.

I use a Macbook with 2ghz dual intel and 2GB memory with Parallels and it
works GREAT! Much faster than my old dell laptop.

I use windows under parallels for poker only. Everything runs fast and fine.

I am very pleased with the setup.

Jonathan

youcanhaveitall · #8 06-07-2007, 08:54 AM

So it's impossible to play with Pahud and other programs on an Imac?