Although modern Mac’s offer option to switch through a Windows interface with a click of a button, fanatical Apple users are in most cases reluctant to give up their choice of sticking with their favorite operating sysytem. The choice of selecting a poker room which is compatible to a Mac has been a bit of a hassle both to users and poker rooms as they were more or less obliged to develop software compatible for both types of users not to mention they had to take in consideration browser compatibility issues. The conception of flash based poker clients has more or less eliminated the hassle of the Macintosh user but unfortunately not all poker rooms have presented flash based clients which run smoothly yet. Below you can find a detailed list of the top poker rooms which are fully compatible to Mac’s either through flash based software or either through download software which runs flawless on Apple computers.
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Above you can find the top list of Mac poker rooms which have been tested by our editors to run smoothly and jam free on a Mac Os system. Mac Users can make their choice and sign up to any of the poker room(s) above and benefit from the top sign up bonus which is available through the promotional links or the bonus code made available exclusively to our users. If your not a Mac or Linux user you might be asking yourself; what is the benefit of issuing an account with a poker room that does not have download requirements? Well when using a download poker client, the software is installed on the hard drive of your computer. This means you can access your account at the particular poker room only from the computer that you have installed the poker client that have the poker client or other computers that have the poker client installed.
Some online poker rooms have gone a step ahead in offering no download poker or Flash running poker software as an alternative solution to poker players. These types of clients use Macromedia Flash Player or java and are compatible with all operating systems including Mac OS and Linux nevertheless as stated above some card rooms offer download software which will run completely smoothly on your Apple computer. Coming back to flash based software; The primary difference is these types of poker clients do not required to be installed on a hard drive to operate. A no download poker client gives you the benefit of accessibility to your account by any computer with internet connection, meaning you can play from a friends house, an airport or even a café therefore making it easier to play poker online from any computer connected to the internet. There is hits and losses to flash playing software but you can make up the math and take the decision which is more fit to your computer capabilities and your style of play by reading through the reviews we have posted for each respective card room.
No Download Poker offers players a quick, easy way to access the games and does not take up hard disk space from your computer. Nevertheless it uses more CPU power as your computer is accessing a remote server where the games software is located. Less powerful computers or computers with low bandwidth internet will not allow no download poker games to run 100% flawless as their power might not be able to support multitasking. This might cause games to delay or even jam. On the other hand when you play on a download poker client much more less power is used to access the actual game as many tasks are handled internally. A download client might be a better solution or a better alternative for players that have a relatively old computer or for players that do not have a powerful internet connection, although they will have to download the poker client to each and every computer they wish to use to play poker. Note that the poker rooms that offer flash playing no downlaod poker software, usually offer a download version if you wish to switch at any time with the exact same account and login. Accounts are accesible from both options meaning you will have the alternative to pick on which version you want to play depending on where you are. At the footer you can see a list of the most popular card rooms which have been rated and reviewed by our editors for functionality, features, software, bonus and other important factors which contribute to the popularity of each internet poker destination.