Ahhh... The happiest day in a computer gamer's life... The day he gets his new computer! Having bought about 15 computers in my lifetime for my personal use, I have some opinions about buying a computer. Here are my thoughts on buying a machine for poker:
* you're generally not going to need a high-end computer. No need to spend $2-4K on some Alienware machine unless you are into some other graphics intensive games. Have you seen the poker table graphics lately? If you told me the graphics were from two DECADES ago, I would believe it. And I like it that way - no need to have distracting or CPU-intensive graphics to slow down my multi-tabling.
* My general computer strategy is this - I always buy a "mid-range" machine and expect it to last about "4 years" - "2 years" as my #1 play computer and "2 years" as my backup and home computer. I keep the software on my poker computer to a minimum (partly for speed and partly to reduce the chance of getting any kind of malware, viruses, etc). The backup computer is where I do things like blogging, reading 2+2 and storing my libraries of horse porn. The kids also like sitting with me sometimes while I am working, so I let them watch Netflix or TV on the computer I'm not using. Occasionally, I'll hear, "Daddy, what's that horse doing to that man?" But figuring out creative explanations for it is all part of "good" parenting.
* I also usually have 2 laptops. The old one just died a few weeks ago, but I think I may wait a while to get another. I'm thinking I may go ipad this time (not for poker ldo). In our house, Mrs. Fly uses the laptop as "her" computer. I have a hard time playing on a 19" monitor. Call me spoiled, but when you are used to having a 30" monitor, it just feels really claustrophobic trying to play as many tables as I do on a small screen. And hooking up my 24" to the laptop isn't the same. Laptops are nice when you want to play while you are away, but let's face it, 99% of the time, most of us play in the same place all the time. I never really have to leave my office - I have two computers, a TV, beverages and snacks. If they invented a comfortable toilet chair, I would never have to leave my office.
Next... what I ended up buying and my buying suggestions for a poker computer.
* My general computer strategy is this - I always buy a "mid-range" machine and expect it to last about "4 years" - "2 years" as my #1 play computer and "2 years" as my backup and home computer. I keep the software on my poker computer to a minimum (partly for speed and partly to reduce the chance of getting any kind of malware, viruses, etc). The backup computer is where I do things like blogging, reading 2+2 and storing my libraries of horse porn. The kids also like sitting with me sometimes while I am working, so I let them watch Netflix or TV on the computer I'm not using. Occasionally, I'll hear, "Daddy, what's that horse doing to that man?" But figuring out creative explanations for it is all part of "good" parenting.
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