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Michael Wright
I recently decided to throw caution to the wall and buy the new iMAC DUO. I
am already starting to become frustrated with some of the simple things I am
familiar with on a windows PC. Sure the new iMAC is able to run windows but
I would rather maintain performance of my mac at its best.
Take MSN Messenger for instance. In a PC environment most messenger users
would hove experienced features like Voice and Video chat. Here's me
thinking it would be simple enough to grab the newest version and install it
but its not quite what one may think. Sure the install went fine and it
started without a hitch. Now I start exploring the usual settings and
customisation routine and find that there's stuff missing. Where are the
Voice settings and Video has gone too. IMO messenger is no more than a mini
email program without voice and video.
I started looking for a replacement for messenger and found that there is a
great little program that will do everything I need and its already on the
MAC. Ichat seems like it hast it until I find that it will only work with a
..MAC account or AOL AIM account. A .MAC account will set me back about
$130AU a year and AIM is about as secure as my cookie jar.
What I want to know is WHY. Why would they spend so much time and effort to
develop a package that works. Then strip the best parts of it for the MAC
OS. Sorry but I just don't get it. Are there any plans to re-invent the
wheel and return voice and video.
What a Joke!!
am already starting to become frustrated with some of the simple things I am
familiar with on a windows PC. Sure the new iMAC is able to run windows but
I would rather maintain performance of my mac at its best.
Take MSN Messenger for instance. In a PC environment most messenger users
would hove experienced features like Voice and Video chat. Here's me
thinking it would be simple enough to grab the newest version and install it
but its not quite what one may think. Sure the install went fine and it
started without a hitch. Now I start exploring the usual settings and
customisation routine and find that there's stuff missing. Where are the
Voice settings and Video has gone too. IMO messenger is no more than a mini
email program without voice and video.
I started looking for a replacement for messenger and found that there is a
great little program that will do everything I need and its already on the
MAC. Ichat seems like it hast it until I find that it will only work with a
..MAC account or AOL AIM account. A .MAC account will set me back about
$130AU a year and AIM is about as secure as my cookie jar.
What I want to know is WHY. Why would they spend so much time and effort to
develop a package that works. Then strip the best parts of it for the MAC
OS. Sorry but I just don't get it. Are there any plans to re-invent the
wheel and return voice and video.
What a Joke!!