Play Poker on a Mac
I recently purchased my first Mac. With any computer the first thing I do is get my online poker room set up and fire off a game or two. Problem is some sites don’t work with a mac. I didn’t know this. I did learn after some aggravation and frustration that at some places if you want to play poker on a mac, you are basically out of luck. Well, not at all places, some actually encourage you to play poker on a mac and are set up for you to do that, but I’ll get to them. How did I discover my old sites didn’t support Poker on a mac?
After several emails to support, on one of my former sites, they finally copped to the fact they don’t service a Mac. Instead of just emblazoning this on their website or asking me that question at first they went through a litany of trouble-shooting things before asking me if I had a mac. Then, rather than apologizing for wasting my time, they encouraged me to keep using my old computer, a PC. Only problem is, I wanted to play poker on a mac, because my PC was dead and I have a mac now! They suggested I bring the PC back to life to be able to fully enjoy their product again.
CPR for a PC just to play on a poker site that hasn’t figured out how to allow all their potential customer base to play? I don’t think so. I can just imagine salvaging the few working parts from that old PC and taking it to a repair shop just so I can get back on the old poker site. Yes, let me go out of my way to continue being a customer of yours. Probably would be far easier for you to just design some software that is mac friendly considering how many people play poker on a mac! What are these poker sites in the pockets of pc manufacturers, do they just have a beef with Apple, or are they bad at designing software for apple? I don’t know the answer to that question but I do wonder about it.
I bought a mac because I have an iPhone and I’m moving over to being an “Apple” man totally. This was not something I really thought about it. I made the switch because I enjoyed the ease of the iPhone and I do a lot of things with graphics and writing that my peers sing the praises of a mac.
Let me just say, I’m not into the marketing of Apple, and I don’t believe that owning a mac, an iPhone, or an iPad will somehow make me cooler. I’m cool enough as is without the electronics. Okay, I’m kidding, well only slightly. Still, if anything the Apple marketing only made me consider staying with a PC. Some mac people are so pretentious about their little macs and iPhones it almost dissuaded me from joining the “movement.”
Certainly, there are aspects to a mac that are far superior to a PC, and as I’m discovering vice versa. The slowness of internet poker sites to service macs, for me an avid player, is a big drawback. However, I did discover after some research, which consisted of message board visits, and some angry blog posts a site that lets me play poker on a mac almost hassle free.
If you are a poker player and thinking about a buying a new computer the easiest thing to do is to stick with a PC. Though if you really want a mac, have to have a mac, or easily influenced by the coolness of Apple marketing take heed there are some options for poker play.
If you are ready to play just head over to a site that supports Mac Poker. I usually do to a safe poker site such as: https://www.bwin.com/texas-holdem-poker. See you there!