Poker Giant is Mac-Friendly

Party Poker has decided to take a certain risk, and has announced the availability of a Mac compatible download and a browser based application to empower Mac players. The Beta version is up and running but there are some drawbacks. The version is not complete and at this time there is no capability for multi-table or sit and go tournaments, but cash games are available. Other features, such as making notes on other players, hand histories and the like are not up to speed yet, and there have been time lag reports involving Java based browsers used by Linux users. These are all issues that are being urgently addressed, as Party Poker looks to set a Mac-friendly example for the rest of the sites out there.

To run Party Poker's all-access version, all players need to do is download the software. The access for Windows, Mac and Linux systems are all available, but to run the browser based versions, you have to have Windows IE 5 or better, Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or better or Safari 1.3 or better. Java versions supported include Microsoft JVM, Sun JDK 1.4 or 1.5, IBM JDK or MRJ 2.2.5 for Mac users. Others must prepare for some beta versions for Mac users as well, as it has been clear for quite a while, that the world in fact does not revolve around Microsoft.