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    AIM Pro

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by peanut, Jul 25, 2006.

  1. peanut

    peanut Notebook Guru

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    Does anyone else heard of or tried AIM Pro?


    AOL released it recently (to my knowledge) and I've been using it on my new notebook. It seems to be much better than normal AIM to me due to the lack of built in advertisements, but it can apparently do voice and video chat.


    Which leads me to my next question: Those of you who have used AIM Pro, have you tried either the voice or video features? I haven't tried using Skype or any other related program, but it seems nice to be able to have all these features in one program.
     
    peanut, Jul 25, 2006
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  2. Talimore

    Talimore Notebook Consultant

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    I heard that AIM Pro was coming out, I just downlaoded it and am playing with it. It looks like it can support those features, voice and audio, but It will be a little while before I can make an accuate assumption to how good these features are.

    I currently use Skype for Voice chatting and find it very easy to use and very stable. It has a bug here and there but it seems to work fine like 97% of the time hehe.
     
    Talimore, Jul 25, 2006
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  3. wez312

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    Is it as much of a resource hog as triton was?
     
    wez312, Jul 25, 2006
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  4. NOSintake

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    i never even tried that...didnt really like the overall look of it. guess its time to look into pro
     
    NOSintake, Jul 26, 2006
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  5. dragonesse

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    last i checked aim has had voice and video support for awhile... but for a superior client, try gaim.
     
    dragonesse, Jul 26, 2006
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  6. Jalf

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    Or Trillian or Miranda. :)
     
    Jalf, Jul 26, 2006
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  7. msl54

    msl54 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i second jalf. aim is full of crap (bloat stuff) and just isnt protected

    plus with trillian you can talk to those oh so cool msn people
     
    msl54, Jul 26, 2006
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  8. dragonesse

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    gaim also supports multiple protocols: aim, jabber, msn, yahoo, icq, etc
     
    dragonesse, Jul 26, 2006
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  10. thirdchild

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    Plus gaim is free and runs faster for me than trillian. Only bad part is it's not so great when transferring files to normal AOL/blah users.
     
    thirdchild, Jul 27, 2006
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  11. soulesschild

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    i personally use trillian pro and i love it :) tried GAIM on linux but never really tried the windows version
     
    soulesschild, Jul 27, 2006
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  12. socarwolverine

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    any word on how aim pro is on resources?
     
    socarwolverine, Jul 27, 2006
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  13. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    I'd get GAIM or Trillian Basic before you download any spyware - uh, software - from AOL.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jul 27, 2006
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  14. socarwolverine

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    maybe its just me, but since i only use aim nowadays i have no need for a client that does all of them. plus aim pro doesnt seem to have the spyware problem that the standard versions of aim do.
     
    socarwolverine, Jul 27, 2006
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