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Originally Posted by sapientia
There are any number of reasons for wanting to run Windows in a Virtual Machine on a Mac. I run win2k in a Parallels VM. The only thing that runs in that VM is poker stuff: Full Tilt, Pokerstars, PokerTracker, PTO, Holdem Manager, Pokerstove, StoxEV, SNGWiz, SNG End Game Tools, etc.
Whenever some piece of software wants to upgrade I make a clone of the VM and do the upgrade in that clone. If there's a problem with the upgrade, I can easily back out to the previous VM instance. If I want to test a PT3 or HEM beta, then I clone and test. If I want to checkpoint / backup my VM, then I clone my VM and save it to DVD. I wouldn't want it any other way.
If you're uneasy with poker client software monitoring your browsing -- looking at cookie files and history files, etc -- or checking what apps you're running, then you browse on the mac. The only time I run a browser on the Win VM is to download updates for the above mentioned poker software. All other net activity takes place in OS X.
is VMWare Fusion better than Parallels?
and for all the mac users who aren't biting the bullet and getting Holdem Manager or Poker Tracker and figuring out a way to run windows on their mac..
its so -ev...
i have a mac..... i just bought HEM... and its a whole new world... i hope if HEM makes a mac version i can switch for free or a nominal fee...
i mean i barely know what is going on with it...
but when you see somebody with a super low VPIP...
you can pretty much steal their blinds AT WILL...
i play 25NL... 80 bucks is what... 325 big blinds...
i guarantee you that this program will pay for itself JUST by stealing 325 big blinds with it....
i mean there is a reason that pretty much every good player at the higher limits online using HEM or PT3....