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  1. PDI88 PDI88 is offline

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    Nov 13th, 2010 (11/13/2010 9:12pm)

    I've been playing for about 3 years now and am considering the move to an Apple 17" laptop for screen size and battery life. I've also had it with Window's crashing while I'm playing and the BSoD (blue screens of death). I'm usually on UB, FTP and PS. I see that all three sites have MAC downloads and I only play Hold Em MTTs. I typically play between 6-12 tables at a time. Are there any minor/major issues I should be aware of if I decide to move to an Apple? Any insight from existing users would be helpful.
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  2. gm1885 gm1885 is offline

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    Nov 13th, 2010 (11/13/2010 9:16pm) in reply to PDI88

    I have a 17" macbook. Definitely a good move. Those sites all run fine. The only drawback would be using a HUD. A lot of them are not mac friendly so you would have to run parallels or something else to use them.
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    Nov 13th, 2010 (11/13/2010 9:18pm) in reply to gm1885

    Im on a 15" macbook pro and i dont play on ub but for ps and ftp I have had no problems playing the same amount of tables. I don't like playing that many because with more than 4-6 tiling them sucks but cascading works then. idk if you use any hud but check to make sure if you do that its supported by mac i know a few dont (havent checked recently for any updates tho) macs r cool
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    Nov 13th, 2010 (11/13/2010 9:34pm) in reply to gm1885

    thx gm1885, appreciate the quick feedback.

    thx sdnuol... when you say "...more than 4 - 6 tiling them sucks...", I only tile and will have up to 12 at time that way. I assume it's the same with MAC as with a PC correct? You're just talking about a matter of preference between tiling and cascading, correct?
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  5. random.chu random.chu is offline The People's Troll

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    Nov 13th, 2010 (11/13/2010 11:33pm) in reply to PDI88

    i play on my 15" macbook pro with an external monitor. does the job quite nicely.
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  6. grapsfan grapsfan is offline Head Curmudgeon

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    Nov 14th, 2010 (11/14/2010 12:59am) in reply to random.chu

    UB's Mac interface only lets you play NL Hold'em tournaments (if that matters to you). You can play Omaha or Stud or whatever cash game, but not a tournament.
     
  7. bankrollme87 bankrollme87 is offline

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    Nov 14th, 2010 (11/14/2010 1:18am) in reply to grapsfan

    I have a 17 inch MacBook Pro and it works great on all sites
     
  8. BIRDDOG0710 BIRDDOG0710 is offline

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    Nov 14th, 2010 (11/14/2010 3:52am) in reply to bankrollme87

    Have a MacBook, works well w/ all 3 sites. Poker Copilot is a pretty good hud for Macs.
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    Nov 14th, 2010 (11/14/2010 4:39am) in reply to BIRDDOG0710

    i have a mac book pro 15" as well as a Mac Pro

    ftp and stars run great (cant speak on ub, ap)... if u need a hud, pokertracker3 has a mac version that works great but its a bit of a processor hog... combined with ftp which is another processor hog so if you have a lot of tables up things can bog down a little on my mac book pro (the mac pro things are fine)... no crashes but things just move a little slower, it helps if u turn animation off and kill the avatars tho

    and you will def want to download and install wine (its free) so you can run pokerstove without having to install windows
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    Nov 14th, 2010 (11/14/2010 5:58pm) in reply to grapsfan

     
    Originally Posted by grapsfan View Post

    UB's Mac interface only lets you play NL Hold'em tournaments (if that matters to you). You can play Omaha or Stud or whatever cash game, but not a tournament.

    Are you serious?
  11. grapsfan grapsfan is offline Head Curmudgeon

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    Nov 14th, 2010 (11/14/2010 7:18pm) in reply to burnses_suite

     
    Originally Posted by burnses_suite View Post

    Are you serious?

    As a heart attack. I was so surprised when I first saw it that I thought I did something screwy and wrote UB support about it.

    I didn't know the Mac interface also has a 3-table limit. Can't play up-to-20 like you can on a PC.

    http://www.ub.com/support/mac-poker-software
     
  12. burnses_suite burnses_suite is offline

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    Nov 14th, 2010 (11/14/2010 7:22pm) in reply to grapsfan

     
    Originally Posted by grapsfan View Post

    As a heart attack. I was so surprised when I first saw it that I thought I did something screwy and wrote UB support about it.

    I didn't know the Mac interface also has a 3-table limit. Can't play up-to-20 like you can on a PC.

    http://www.ub.com/support/mac-poker-software

    LOL, Wow take that Apple fanboys. So ill be sticking with Windows 7... thanks for the head up. Was gonna get a mac here at some point.
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    Nov 14th, 2010 (11/14/2010 7:26pm) in reply to burnses_suite

     
    Originally Posted by burnses_suite View Post

    LOL, Wow take that Apple fanboys. So ill be sticking with Windows 7... thanks for the head up. Was gonna get a mac here at some point.

    lol, ub is a game changer
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  14. MarlonMotors MarlonMotors is offline

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    Nov 15th, 2010 (11/15/2010 4:18pm) in reply to BIRDDOG0710

     
    Originally Posted by BIRDDOG0710 View Post

    Have a MacBook, works well w/ all 3 sites. Poker Copilot is a pretty good hud for Macs.

    Yessir!!!
  15. random.chu random.chu is offline The People's Troll

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    Nov 15th, 2010 (11/15/2010 8:34pm) in reply to MarlonMotors

    you can open more than 3 tables on mac ub. think it goes up to 5.
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