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    New MSN for Mac coming soon?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by fan of laptop, Feb 3, 2008.

  1. fan of laptop

    fan of laptop Notebook Evangelist

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    Rumor on the road said that new MSN for Mac will come soon. The new MSN support video chatting, which I longed for a long time.

    Anyway, if the new MSN comes out, I think it will be a good thing for us, but I am not sure of the exact date.

    If you know any information, post on this thread
     
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  2. Sam

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    Hmm...the last I heard, Microsoft's Mac division was delaying the next version of Microsoft Messenger for a while...if you really want good video chatting, I suggest you try out Skype :).
     
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    Yeah we have to wait until microsoft releases messenger 9 for windows. Something about compatibility between both versions is keeping the mac bu from releasing it sooner.
     
    00fez, Feb 3, 2008
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    That'd be awesome for them to finally update Messenger for Mac, however, like Sam & fez said, I don't believe there is going to be a new one for a little bit...
     
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    Well, personally I use skype for video chatting, but most of friends do not have skype installed on theit machines so if I ask them to video chatting with me, they would say no.
     
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    Well, aMSN has webcam support, although I don't know how well it does video chatting :).
     
    Sam, Feb 3, 2008
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    thanks for the link. I'm going to try it right now :)
     
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    aMSN's webcam support is okay - sometimes a bit glitchy and slow. Also, it's sometimes hard to tell /who/ exactly can see your webcam. I remember one conversation where my random friend could see me the entire time, and I completely didn't notice.
    Same goes for the video chatting. :)
     
    trueintentions, Feb 3, 2008
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