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Right - at long last I'm looking at getting back online from home & playing a bit more poker (it's been live games only since I moved into my flat back in Nov). Before the TPT guys start - YES, I'm a comminications Engineer & YES it's just typical that the last thing I'd sort out would be phone line & broadband.  ::)

So anyone playing a lot online got any recommendations on computers/broadband suppliers/ handy gadgets etc?

Cheers,

Rod

Best advice i can give you is ... Get a comfy computer chair, it really is money well spent, when you consider how long some comps take, comfort is a prority :)

Was thinking of a wireless keyboard & mouse  - then sitting on the couch with the computer using the 32 inch LCD in the living room  ;D

That would stop me watching telly when I should be concentrating.

Get  good, quiet, wireless laptop, then you can bugger off when people are distracting you, and, if you go away, you can take it with you

wireless. without question.

i 2nd, 3rd and 4th the wireless. an absolute must!

Acer Travelmate 4500, whisper quiet, dosnt get hot, its fast and has  3 hours battery life

Dont get wide screen, horrible for poker sites

NOOOO, the widescreen is best.  - I have a Sony Vaio - with high def double bright x-black wide screen - its luuurrvely!  battery life is about 2.5 hours.

Don't be fooled by the centrino patter of the sales guys - you just need to make sure its wireless ok.

Get both.

Nice poweful amd athlon 64 PC and a big comfy chair. (get it customed made with the all the trimmings for about a grand)

You can pick up a nice reconditioned laptop (£300/400) from loads of places on the net, just make sure it is over 2.4ghz if your multi tabling or it can get a bit slow.

Routers and wireless card are cheap as chips and a godsend when you get to the final table and the call of nature simply must be answered.

If you intend on playing alot of online games I would recommend something you can rest your hand on that isn't a hard surface while holding the mouse. I recked my hand in my first proper days of playing (where your wrist is directly below your little finger). May just be the way I hold the mouse.
Another recommendation is if you are using a wireless mouse or keyboard for that matter, keep spare batteries. The amount of times I have been on the final table and my mouse die is beyond count.
 :)

Played too many games hehe.

I would also go Wieless and Broadband is a must.

Sorry if i'm breaking a long running law in that newbies don't offer recommendations.

Lastly Good Luck.

newbies POV is always welcome at blonde and a newbie has as much right to express his views as a hero member

Cool beans! I remember being a newbie on a Climbing Forum.. Quite into my climbing as well as poker. Once I offered an oppinion to another newbie felt like I was jumped on by several overwieght ppl.

sounds like a poker forum with all those over wieght people

I second / third / fourth the decent chair recommendations! Nothing beats the comfort factor! and as far as a machine goes, I guess it all depends what you will be using it for besides poker.  If its just poker and a bit of 'other' surfing then just get a nice medium spec laptop or desktop.

Out of interest anyone else ever ended up playing whilst on the throne?

Can't say I have nope..

Needed to before so just sat out for a couple of hands.

Yes, me, quite often

I find i make some of my best plays from there. ;D

If only the same could be said for my live card room play.... ;D

I often retreat there when my game goes shit......i always hit my flush there too!!


On the subject of chairs, this is something i need to get, can someone recomened a particular chair?

My game has been known to go down the pan a few times whilst playing from there.

PC world have a decent one about £80 i think.

Ebay have got some real beauties with massaging shennanigans and other good stuff for about £100/£150. Got to factor in the delivery cost as well.

If you buy a nice wireless laptop you can sit where you like, (I lie down mostly)

The most comfortable chairs in the world are made by Ekornes, www.ekornes.com.  Wireless broadband is a must and I would go with a notebook with a 17 inch high definition screen.

.... and a welcome to marcro on your maiden post.

I find the executive leather chairs £40-£60 from argos to be perfectly comfortable enough for a mammoth stretch in front of a PC. As an ex MMORPG player I can attest to the long lengths sat in those chairs and they are comfortable. You dont need to spend mega bucks for comfort.

Seem a tad pricey but look VERY nice!!

Do you have one? Is it worth it?

Out of interest anyone else ever ended up playing whilst on the throne?
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Why else have a Lap Top?

Yes, they are expensive.  I am sitting in one right now.  The general consensus of visitors who sit in it confirms the comfort factor but the price tag is steep.

Thanks Robert!

you cant beat taking the old lappy
for a nice long soak in the bath ;D

Well I can admit to trying to make love during the 5 minute break in a $20 multi

I am pleased to report that it lasted so long, I was blinded away

So you must have been short stacked in two senses of the word

They say poker players are born liars.............

Ok I admit it, it was a $10 multi

Multi way love for $10.  Bargain!!!

nothin like going all-in when you got the nut's