Re: M$ messenger

In article <1h7mwca.jafnsg5gedx1N%usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Woody
<usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Peter Ceresole <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I use iChat and I love it to bits- simple, elegant and effective. But my
> > brother has a PeeCee and the Windoze client is a total dog- I've seen
> > his end and can't believe it. And it won't set up voice chats between my
> > Mac and his PeeCee.
> >
> > I guess I should open an M$ account and get a client for *that*. What's
> > the equivalent of AIM on the Dark Side?
>
> Umm.. it is called AIM and available from AOL.
>
> > Is there a client that would let
> > me handle both types of account on the Mac?
>
> Adium works with all of the messaging services (or at least the common
> ones - MSN, ICQ, AIM and Yahoo) - I don't know how its audio works as I
> never use it.
>
> MSN has got audio but I don't think it has it to the PC. AIM and ICQ
> have audio that works from the mac <-> pc, and yahoo has video chat so I
> guess it has audio as well.

Yahoo does text and video but not voice on the Mac. Sad but true.

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Sara

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