Mac woes

i play on a mac laptop and it seems the only sites that have a mac download are PS and FTP. are there any others and are they any good? i feel as though i might be missing out on some decent freerolls or promotions.

UltimateBet and Absolute Poker have semi limited java clients for mac...

UB is alright (I havent tried AP) but I would stick with stars/FTP as they have the best support in place for mac and update regularly

thanks. last time i tried to download ultimate bet they didnt yet have a program for macs. i guess its only the big sites that bother with making a program usable for macs, oh well. hopefully this changes soon.

Right, UB, AP, PS and FTP all have mac clients, which ain't bad. You can play on partypoker via the web option which actually is really nice.

In terms of software I suggest you monitor the PokerTracker 3 site as a free beta of that program is expected to be released in the next week.

cool. i think i saw that poker tracker free trial but i was at work when i saw that so ill try it now. its hard finding some of these programs for macs and im not so computer savvy. im also kind of skeptical of tryin out those virtual pc things. are they good or no?

Since the advent of hardware virtualization software, which I won't delve too much into the technical aspects of, "Virtual PC" software for the mac and other platforms has improved 1000-fold

I use VMWare Fusion on my MacBook Pro to run Windows Server 2008 RC2, and it works like a dream. I can run Windows programs alongside my Mac stuff without any hassles at all!

My next laptop is going to be a Mac. Lets hope I have options to get my poker fix.

ok so found a torrent version of vmware fusion. is this gonna run smoothly or should i be buying it? also i wanna get poker tracker 3 and as far as i can tell they still dont have a mac version. am i able to run PS on my mac and poker tracker on the vmware simultaneously?

If you can afford it (it's only 100$, I got mine with a student discount), I'd just buy it.

You also need a copy of Windows to install, and probably ~25 gigs of free HDD space.

I run Full Tilt inside VMWare Fusion so I can use the HUD, but if you didnt want to use the HUD you could have PT3 import hands from your Mac partition

thebrank said:

ok so found a torrent version of vmware fusion. is this gonna run smoothly or should i be buying it? also i wanna get poker tracker 3 and as far as i can tell they still dont have a mac version. am i able to run PS on my mac and poker tracker on the vmware simultaneously?

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Nah, and you only need 5 gigs to run any version of windows smoothly.

When you open up VMWARE, and then start WINDOWS, your whole screen will be as if your MAC is Windows (or you can minimize).

Its a really neat program. :joyman:

Uhhhh, Windows itself needs more than 5 gigs of HDD space to install and have any sort of useable space.

ethon said:

Uhhhh, Windows itself needs more than 5 gigs of HDD space to install and have any sort of useable space.

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Don't know which windows your using, but you can install Windows XP with 5 gigs, I use to run lots when I ran robots for games.

IcyBlueAce said:

Don't know which windows your using, but you can install Windows XP with 5 gigs, I use to run lots when I ran robots for games.

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XP probably needs MINIMUM 2 gigs of install space -- so that leaves you 3 gigs for applications/swap file/temp space. Terrible idea.


Also, PokerTracker3 is now available for Mac!

ethon said:

XP probably needs MINIMUM 2 gigs of install space -- so that leaves you 3 gigs for applications/swap file/temp space. Terrible idea.


Also, PokerTracker3 is now available for Mac!

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Well if you install a full version of it sure, but who the heck would install the full version if your just using it for minor things? You can get one that is like 100MB.

ive been able to download ps and ft on my mac but ive tried downloading cake poker a couple of days ago and i was unable to. It looks like only the major poker sites let you download using a mac

Well I don't use it for just minor things. I do a lot of my research work/development on the road, so it's nice to have a copy of Visual Studio on my laptop, along with MS Flight Simulator X.

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Well I don't use it for just minor things. I do a lot of my research work/development on the road, so it's nice to have a copy of Visual Studio on my laptop, along with MS Flight Simulator X.

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Those programs don't come Windows, so what is your point?

By minor, I meant the stuff Windows comes with. Unless you use all the extra crap Windows comes with, then you don't need to install the larger one.

Plus he has a MAC and just wants to run Windows to play one poker App, makes no sense either way.

My point is, 5 gigs is really cutting yourself short. End of story.

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My point is, 5 gigs is really cutting yourself short. End of story.

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And my point is, not at all. He just wants something to run poker applications.

Ive got a stripped down version of XP. I use it to run dos app's on an old Dell P1 with....wait for it ..... 128K RAM and a 10 gig hard drive .

The install is aprox 160 Meg and the windows still runs fine. The big question is if OP has the hard drive space isnt it?

so.... i downloaded the poker tracker 3 free trial for the mac. its pretty cool. dont know how to get the HUD workin tho. i guess i dont need to bother with the whole virual pc thing anymore but thanks for all the suggestions. i do have a decent amount of hard drive space so it wouldnt have been a prob. doesnt sound like im missin out on any special promotions by not being able to download a client from another poker site. thanks for al the help.

You can play on bodog instant play. All you need is an internet connection, though the traffic and game selection is no where near FT or Stars.

Right, Ultimatebet, Absolute Poker, PS and FTP all have mac clients, which ain't bad. You can play on PartyPoker via the web option which actually is really nice.

In terms of software I suggest you monitor the PokerTracker 3 site as a free beta of that program is expected to be released in the next week.

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I thought PP isn't accepting US players.

ethon said:

XP probably needs MINIMUM 2 gigs of install space -- so that leaves you 3 gigs for applications/swap file/temp space. Terrible idea.


Also, PokerTracker3 is now available for Mac!

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Thanks for the heads up, I'll check it out. Been using Poker Co-Pilot for a while and I've been very pleased so far at how well it works and how easy it was to set up.

I used PT2 on a PC a few years back... anyone got a review on PT3 mac yet? Particularly as compared with Co-Pilot would be nice.

PT3 for Mac is light years ahead of Poker CoPilot. Grab the 60 day trial and see how you like it!

I use the MAC book Pro as well and I use Poker Copilot as my HUD. It was designed specifically for MAC users only. I own PT3 and HM for my other systems in the house but I prefer Poker Copilot.

Its like 60 bucks after the 30 day trial.

http://www.pokercopilot.com/