Betfair Trading Software on an Apple Mac OSX.

[The Geek]

It occured to me tonight that I get a few requests for people wanting to use Geeks Toy on a mac.

Unfortunately The Toy and other Windows applications generally don't support an Apple Mac natively.

I know a number of users that are using either something called Bootcamp, or Virtualisation Software.

Anyways as I know naff all about Betfair trading on a Mac, I had the brainwave of starting a dedicated Sticky thread on the subject.

This thread is here specificly for discussion of running The Toy on an Apple Mac, using whatever you use.

I hope that those who are using Macs can contribute to this thread with how you are doing it personally, and where you Apple Mac geeks can help each other out.

I hope this thread proves informative for everyone who reads it & not just users of The Toy.

EDIT: Apparently there is also Wine support for Macs now so you can run GT without Windows or virtualisation. See this thread. http://www.geekstoy.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8064

[mbb]

BF trading on a Mac

Well, I'll admit that I do!

I did look at a native API product for the Mac, but disappointing.

After trying Parallels I settled on VMware Fusion - with this I can run an emulated Windoze machine, (or Linux, or OS2, etc.). Currently running on a G5 iMac & MacBook Pro.

Probably the most important consideration is memory, my MacBook Pro is a little limited, with 3GB memory. With AGT1.2 running under Windows 7 I currently use just under 2GB for Windows, the rest for OS X (Mac OS, also called SnowLeopard). AGT looks a little short of memory on occasions, so I will be doing some housekeeping, and adjusting memory allocations to try to improve things.

Hope that gets us off to a start,,,,,,

[NeroXX]

Good idea, I'm duplicating but its a sticky so why not...

I use a Macbook Pro, bought in 2009. 2.8Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8GB RAM, Snow Lepoard.

No other Virtual Machine experience other than Parallels.

With this software, you need an ISO of a Windows Operating System. This can either be from a CD/DVD or mounted. I used XP initially, which worked fine. I then switched to Windows 7 which is far superior in my opinion.

With Parallels, you can run it in Full Screen Windows mode, Windowed mode, or 'Coherence Mode' - which allows you to have a native Mac desktop with the application running over it.

I prefer Full Screen Windows mode, limited to 2GB RAM, on 'Space 2' (Ctrl>2 hotkey). This enables me to have Windows on my second screen and Mac on my first. Or, if I'm only using the laptop, to switch quickly between them both. When in this mode, it literally feels as if I'm using a standard PC laptop (apart from the rather annoying lack of a 'DEL' button!).

The performance on the Virtual Machine for the Toy is exactly the same as my Windows XP setup on a PC that I have.

Any questions welcome.

Cheers

[Mets]

I'm getting on well running The Toy within VMWare on an iMac.

The VMWare software was only about £40 so it's not too much of a financial stretch.

I've experienced the odd slowdown while trading the horses but it's hard to tell whether that's VMWare, The Toy or just the Betfair exchange itself.

[pulsar]

I never used mac, but i use linux sometimes, I use VirtualBox to emulate windows there. Installed Windows XP , and runs pretty fine with geekstoy and anything like browsers and even games with 3D acceleration! VirtualBox is very nice and simple to use, and its FREE!! On Mac maybe be even faster than linux, because its a APPLE super optimized system

[Charles49]

Recently purchased an MacBook Pro Version 10. 6. 8 with 2.2 Ghz and 4GB of memory which doesnt accept Geeks Toy download. Do have Windows Office installed so I can do all the fancy things on Powerpoint,Excel and Word. I'll try downloading Virtual Box and see if that helps.
Thanks guys for the above advice.

[vila]

I use a mac, and got vmware with xp installed. The geek runs just fine. Even supports multiple displays without any problem. Only be aware that you've got to install a virusscanner in windoze

[warriorfullights]

I use a mac, and got vmware with xp installed. The geek runs just fine. Even supports multiple displays without any problem. Only be aware that you've got to install a virusscanner in windoze

same here. just for everything to work as you wish it would be, try using a VM from vmware (which is what I used) or from Parallels. works fine if you have a Mac OS or computer instead of those running Windows.

[Deiliol]

Using Bootcamp

Looks as if im the only one using a bootcamp mode.
Well, my setup is with win7 on a Bootcamp, which means you have to restart your mac, and hold the alt button in order to start up windows.
When in the bootcamped windowsmode, it functions as if i was actually on a windowsmachine. i hook it up to a 42inch philips and can run it in 1080p (think the resoulution is something like 1980x1280)
It can be run in mirrored mode or with two screen setup. No complaints with using the toy on this setup at all

[Tytteboevs]

I also run Bootcamp - even the first beta version on a first gen iMac with Windows XP installed. It takes me 6 minutes to boot in the morning, but when it runs it runs fine. I have thought about re-installing a newer windows, but if it aint broke........

At home (yes i also trade from my real work) i have a newer pc, which is much faster.

I only trade tennis, so speed is not as important as if u scalp fast moving markets.

GL
Tytteboevs

[Mac User]

Had difficulty installing version 1.2 into Windows 7 (virtualised with Parallels Desktop on a 4 year old Apple 15' MacBook Pro laptop).

Geeks advice to uninstall and then install afresh has worked fine.

Wish he could do something about my brain software

[MykalD]

The problem with all the suggestions about running The Toy in a virtual environment is that you are not really runing The Toy on Mac; you are still running it on Windows.

[The Geek]

The problem with all the suggestions about running The Toy in a virtual environment is that you are not really runing The Toy on Mac; you are still running it on Windows.

Not strictly true. You are running The Toy in iWindows, but on a Mac.

[Carl]

But what about "WinonX" app ? Does geeks toy or any other betfair trading software works in that app ?

Win on X can be found in mac app store

[ffirmo]

after installing the VMware or parallels, has your Mac continued to perform well? the battery continues to perform well or with virtualization performance drops too much?

what about WinOnX?

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