Hi all- I'm running a Mac- will Pokertracker and Holdem manager work natively?

Also are they on par with each other or is there a preference by 2+2 community?

Cheers

Pokertracker is the only one with a native mac client

Cheers NOTHANKS- i used to use PT 2 years ago where it was considered the best...

Is there much difference with PT and Holdem?? Is one clearly better than the other??

HEM is far superior....reasons:

customizable huds - you can create custom huds for different game types
runs faster and more fluidly imo
much more options to analyze a database of hands, etc

although im pretty sure that HEM isnt compatible with MAC...

you can use hem on a mac if you run parallels.

If you are comparing HEM to PT2, then you're mostly right.

PT3, however, offers you a more configurable Hud (any stats - even custom, tabbed popups, color ranges based on expressions... all things HEM doesn't have). PT3 also has the feature you claim is exclusive to HEM. You can create as many Hud profiles as you want in PT3.

Some people have better performance with PT3 than HEM, and vice versa. At this point, the performance of each is about the same for everyone. It's not really an issue unless you're one of the few that has major performance issues with one or the other.

PT3 offers near unlimited research capabilities with its custom stats and reports. HEM's custom stats/reports are much more limited and restrictive. PT3 also offers more flexible and powerful filtering. PT3's ability to OR and NOT filters allows you to filter your data in ways HEM simply can't.

PT3 also has a native Mac client, so there's nothing more to buy and no need to run VM software.

But holdem Manger is easy to work for us dumb poker players. You can make the hud you like in HM in 20 mins,i spent 2 hours on PT3 and was still clueless,asked for help on the forums,and PT mod told me some of the stats werent in it,that i wanted.Never mind get my hud fixed.

We realize there are some features of PT3 that are difficult to use, that's why we are focusing a good bit of our development time on improving usability. We've recently added a setup wizard that guides new users step by step in the configuration process. The Hud setup and configuration is on our list of improvements to make as well.