Re: Dot Mac account for Videoconferencing

2007-08-08 Thread Wendy S. Austin
Brett, I have found Skype much better than iChat and now only use Skype for videochat. I was consistently getting the 'bandwidth insufficient' error message with iChat whereas when I tried Skype it connected with no problem. I am using videochat with people in Australia, USA, England

Re: Dot Mac account for Videoconferencing

2007-08-08 Thread Brett Carboni
I had AIM myself but it was a bit troublesome. But would be interested to know which is better performance-wise, Skype or iChat. Any takers? Brett / Tsunami On 08/08/2007, at 8:01 PM, Stephen Atherton wrote: Or register a free AIM account which will do the trick with iChat too On 08

Re: Dot Mac account for Videoconferencing

2007-08-08 Thread Stephen Atherton
Or register a free AIM account which will do the trick with iChat too On 08/08/2007, at 6:28 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/08/2007, at 4:10 PM, Brett Carboni wrote: Does anyone know if I can open a dotmac account to get a dotmac email or user ID so that I can videoconference with anoth

Re: Dot Mac account for Videoconferencing

2007-08-08 Thread Glenn Nicholas
free for personal use, has Australian servers, and might be worth checking out as well. I've got a .Mac account. As you probably are aware, a $99 annual subscription is involved, although you can try it for 60 days at no charge. I haven't tried video conferencing with iChat.

Re: Dot Mac account for Videoconferencing

2007-08-08 Thread Ronda Brown
On 08/08/2007, at 4:10 PM, Brett Carboni wrote: Does anyone know if I can open a dotmac account to get a dotmac email or user ID so that I can videoconference with another Mac? I want to set up my Mom and sister (who have been waiting to buy new iMacs) to videoconference. But it has to be

Re: Dot Mac account for Videoconferencing

2007-08-08 Thread Rod Lavington
You can keep the Apple login name from dotmac if you don't go ahead with purchasing dotmac. You don't keep the email address as an email account, just as a name. Seeya Rod! On 8/8/07 4:10 PM, "Brett Carboni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know if I can open a dotmac account to get a

Dot Mac account for Videoconferencing

2007-08-08 Thread Brett Carboni
Does anyone know if I can open a dotmac account to get a dotmac email or user ID so that I can videoconference with another Mac? I want to set up my Mom and sister (who have been waiting to buy new iMacs) to videoconference. But it has to be very simple. No Jabber or AOL. I understand you

Re: .mac account

2004-01-29 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
got my money's worth (Virex especially, which I'm very glad I didn't fork out money for). However, if the latest crippled "offer" of Keynote is a sign of things to come, I might be pushed over the edge to Reg's side. BTW - I would not even consider a .Mac accoun

Re: .mac account

2004-01-28 Thread Reg Whitely
use it for email address, virus scan, web access and external storage but I question whether it's worth the expense. Regards Reg On 28 Jan 2004, at 4:22pm, Lindsay Adams wrote: Hi All Am new to the Mac world and am wondering what value there is in a US$99 .mac account.. Does on

Re: .mac account

2004-01-28 Thread Warren Jones
You don't need a .mac account to get the regular OS software updates. You can use .mac for email plus web serving/file storage/backup/syncing of some data, etc (standard is 100 MB total) I whinged when they started charging for it but decided it was worth it in the end. Plus my wife g

Re: .mac account

2004-01-28 Thread Rod Lavington
On 28/1/04 4:22 PM, "Lindsay Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All > Am new to the Mac world and am wondering what value there is in a US$99 > .mac account.. Does one have to subscribe to get the security updates > etc, or is it just another email server? Of cou

Re: .mac account

2004-01-28 Thread Rod Lavington
On 28/1/04 4:22 PM, "Lindsay Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All > Am new to the Mac world and am wondering what value there is in a US$99 > .mac account.. Does one have to subscribe to get the security updates > etc, or is it just another email server? Of cou

.mac account

2004-01-28 Thread Lindsay Adams
Hi All Am new to the Mac world and am wondering what value there is in a US$99 .mac account.. Does one have to subscribe to get the security updates etc, or is it just another email server? Of course listening to the Apple people it seems that I will be unable to breathe without one... Thanks