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Buying a Mac - advice welcome

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  1. CJDeman CJDeman is offline

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    Apr 11th, 2011 (4/11/2011 12:21pm)

    Planning on buying a Mac laptop this weekend. Any advice - doesnt have to be poker related?

    thx in advance...
     
  2. Xplisit Xplisit is offline

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    Apr 12th, 2011 (4/12/2011 7:34pm) in reply to CJDeman

    What one you getting macbook or pro? What sort of things you going to be using it for just general use and poker.. or editing movies etc
  3. JaySpo JaySpo is offline

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    Apr 12th, 2011 (4/12/2011 7:50pm) in reply to Xplisit

    i bought a macbook pro like 2 weeks ago and def already like it better than any PC i've ever had. for writing and presentations and stuff like that i bought iWork which is compatible with everything in microsoft office. I also got the magic mouse, which i saw get some bad reviews in a diff thread because it was slow, but you can change the settings on it when you install it to make it faster so i haven't had a problem with it.

    as far as poker-wise, i can't really play more than 4 tables at a time on it, which is fine for me. but might be a problem for somebody with more volume.
  4. jonmon101 jonmon101 is offline

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    Apr 12th, 2011 (4/12/2011 8:23pm) in reply to JaySpo

    if using it at all for poker, don't get one. I'm about to sell my old/current macbook on ebay and get a pc. Wayyy wayyy better for poker + you get a way better machine for less money. Xocticpc is where I'm getting my new one from for like 830ish 15.6" screen, 120 gig ssd drive, 4gb ram. Apple software is sweet but overpriced imo
     
  5. OmniNihil OmniNihil is offline

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    Apr 12th, 2011 (4/12/2011 8:26pm) in reply to jonmon101

    get a 17in
    bootcamp it
    best of both worlds
     
  6. iPlayTourneys iPlayTourneys is offline

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    Apr 12th, 2011 (4/12/2011 9:29pm) in reply to OmniNihil

     
    Originally Posted by OmniNihil View Post

    get a 17in
    bootcamp it
    best of both worlds

    been moving back and forward between bootcamp, parallels and jsut MAC OSX.. finally commited myself to botocamp and windows 7...

    If I would need to buy something now, I would just buy a windows because it will be mostly poker im doing...
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  7. Adam Adam is offline Emperor

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    Apr 12th, 2011 (4/12/2011 10:21pm) in reply to iPlayTourneys

    I think the MacBook Pro is far and away the best laptop I've ever had. Unfortunately you can't use certain software on it though, including Holdem Manager and a number of poker rooms' software.
     
  8. Projekt420 Projekt420 is offline

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    Apr 12th, 2011 (4/12/2011 11:21pm) in reply to Adam

    DO NOT buy a Mac. You're going to pay way more for that cute little apple with the bite out of it on the top. Apple is shit, they charge out the ass for everything, force you to use them for repairs/replacement parts which costs even more money. Just buy a decent PC laptop, it's going to be cheaper, last longer and you aren't forced to use apple for every little problem. And you won't pay $500 for extra RAM or HDD space.
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    Apr 13th, 2011 (4/13/2011 1:40am) in reply to Projekt420

     
    Originally Posted by Projekt420 View Post

    DO NOT buy a Mac. You're going to pay way more for that cute little apple with the bite out of it on the top. Apple is shit, they charge out the ass for everything, force you to use them for repairs/replacement parts which costs even more money. Just buy a decent PC laptop, it's going to be cheaper, last longer and you aren't forced to use apple for every little problem. And you won't pay $500 for extra RAM or HDD space.

    Can't agree with this whatsoever...After having PC after PC, and problem after problem, I finally got a simple MacBook with upgraded RAM (which was $200 I believe)....I've had zero problems with it, it boots up and is ready to go in about 15 seconds (not 4 minutes like a PC), it never crashes, works great with FT and PS, and is really a smooth computer. I got a 24' monitor and an external keyboard and mouse for poker and editing photos. I recommend the shit of these computers, incredibly more solid/reliable than the Sony, Dell, and HP I had before this one (had it over a year)...
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    Apr 13th, 2011 (4/13/2011 4:19am) in reply to Adam

     
    Originally Posted by Adam View Post

    I think the MacBook Pro is far and away the best laptop I've ever had. Unfortunately you can't use certain software on it though, including Holdem Manager and a number of poker rooms' software.


    I run a program that runs windows, so you can do anything if you want
  11. iamthedeck ftw iamthedeck ftw is offline

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    Apr 13th, 2011 (4/13/2011 5:00am) in reply to littleze

    so happy with my new mac... went with the 17 in. to add more tables but it's pretty bulky and not necessary for 4 tabling. The resolution on these things own, and they're super fast!
     
  12. rivverkiller rivverkiller is offline

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    Apr 13th, 2011 (4/13/2011 5:12am) in reply to iamthedeck ftw

    Save $1000 and get an equivelant PC
     
  13. elimherr elimherr is online now

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    Apr 14th, 2011 (4/14/2011 8:45pm) in reply to rivverkiller

     
    Originally Posted by rivverkiller View Post

    Save $1000 and get an equivelant PC

    then buy some sweet monitors so you can multi table
     
  14. BubbaKGB BubbaKGB is offline The Canadian Goose

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    Apr 14th, 2011 (4/14/2011 11:32pm) in reply to elimherr

    I have a 15" Macbook Pro and a 27" Apple LCD Cinema display and I doubt I'll ever change anything about the set-up. The transition from using just the laptop to using the display is seamless and takes all of 5 seconds. Also, I can 9-12 table on the laptop and 16 table on the display with no overlap.

    Yeah, Macs are more expensive but so far, the extra money has been worth every penny.
    Edited By: BubbaKGB Apr 14th, 2011 at 11:32 PM
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    Apr 15th, 2011 (4/15/2011 12:53am) in reply to BubbaKGB

    what river and elim said
     
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