I wish I could use iChat without hiccups !!!
It will not connect with iChat on a Mac in Dubai (in either direction)
But it will connect with the same Mac when it is in a hotel in the USA.
I have heard of other similar circumstances between different countries.
Some of the "work arounds" suggested have been so complex that it is
simply not worth the worry.
Some users on iChat forums have had these same problems but only since
going to Leopard
and never before that.
As for Skype being resource hungry ??
I can carry on using Mail, Safari and other applications whilst using
Skype without any indication
of anything slowing down. I have an iMac 2.16 GHz Intel with 1GB of
RAM and the latest OSX.
On 05/06/2008, at 6:31 PM, Alexander Hartner wrote:
I use iChat / AIM all the time. First it's free on all platforms and
support IM, Video and Audio. Between Leopard clients you also get
screen
sharing which is really great for support.
Personally I find skype a little resource hungry on the Mac.
I did find Sightspeed very slow compared to Skype.
I think they have a lot of work to do on it yet !!
On 05/06/2008, at 5:25 PM, Robert Howells wrote:
On 05/06/2008, at 2:10 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote:
Hi all
I Also would recommend using Skype It's pretty much the only video
and
audio chat software that allows Windows users and Mac users to
communicate
I also use <http://www.mebeam.com/> for those Windows users that do
not want to install Skype On their computers to video and audio
chat
Kyle
There is of course also Sightspeed which is both Mac & PC
<http://www.sightspeed.com/personal>
Free and pay versions
Bob
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Stephen Chape
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Greg,
Skype has the lot, message, audio, video, no probs.
I have used it for quite a while.
We use it to literally see the grandkids growing up overseas.
Costs nothing unless you call a phone number (then it's about a
third of
normal O/S price)
Only prob is if you use it to call Dubai the Dubai end needs a VPN
set up to
avoid being blocked !!
On 05/06/2008, at 7:39 AM, Greg Bell wrote:
Adium works well, no video or audio, i think they're working on
support
for them though.
On 04/06/2008, at 8:33 PM, John Daniels wrote:
Hi Folks
Can someone advise me the best video and audio messaging program
to use,
e.g
iChat, Google Talk, msn Messenger or whatever?
Cheers
John
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