I just got a Wi-Fi...

toughboy · Jun 5, 2004, 01:20 PM

I'll die if I wont share it with you guys..

Yesterday, I made a dream of mine come true, and bought a Surecom external wireless router thing.. man, I'm so glad that I'll be able to surf with my 12"PB instead of my beige peecee chunk.. and I'm so glad that I'll write on this forum with my PB after today..

but now I need some programs to use like icq, msn, dc++, entourage and etc that I used to use on my pc.. do you have any other recommendations??

virividox · Jun 5, 2004, 01:35 PM

dc++, icq , msn, aim, all have mac versions as well as bitorrent

entourage comes with ms office but mac has mail

toughboy · Jun 5, 2004, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by virividox

dc++, icq , msn, aim, all have mac versions as well as bitorrent

entourage comes with ms office but mac has mail

yeah I realised that entourage is not free after I posted the thread, but I guess I already need an office pack for my mac, so that will come with that.

I just installed the mac version of icq and well, I didnt like it just as the pc version.. it feels crappy, I don't know why..

but thanks anyways virividox..

Veldek · Jun 5, 2004, 01:53 PM

For ICQ, AIM and MSN try Proteus, a multi-protocol IM client. I like it much better than ICQ.

Powerbook G5 · Jun 5, 2004, 02:00 PM

I'm using Adium right now which is free unlike Proteus and allows for some really great GUI customization.

toughboy · Jun 5, 2004, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Powerbook G5

I'm using Adium right now which is free unlike Proteus and allows for some really great GUI customization.

I just saw adium, it looks nice and worth to try..

there is something I wanna know, is it worth to get an aim account to be able to use iChat? is it that good??

Powerbook G5 · Jun 5, 2004, 02:15 PM

An AIM account is free, so why not.

baby duck monge · Jun 5, 2004, 03:05 PM

congrats!

and i'll put in another vote for adium. it's by no means a finished product yet, but it's certainly plenty stable to be your everyday client. and it supports so many different protocols it's unbelievable. basically, adium rocks my world (and the fact that it's all about the ducks doesn't hurt, either).

toughboy · Jun 5, 2004, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by baby duck monge

congrats!

and i'll put in another vote for adium. it's by no means a finished product yet, but it's certainly plenty stable to be your everyday client. and it supports so many different protocols it's unbelievable. basically, adium rocks my world (and the fact that it's all about the ducks doesn't hurt, either).

thanks..

I just downloaded adium and liked it pretty much, thanks for the recommendations about that..

titaniumducky · Jun 5, 2004, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by toughboy

thanks..

I just downloaded adium and liked it pretty much, thanks for the recommendations about that..

Fire is also a free multi-protocol chat client.

toughboy · Jun 5, 2004, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by titaniumducky

Fire is also a free multi-protocol chat client.

Fire... hmmm.. cool name for a product isnt it.. reminds me firewire though..

janey · Jun 5, 2004, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by titaniumducky

Fire is also a free multi-protocol chat client.

fire sucks ass compared to adium
adium is more customizable, and more often updated, plus they have a great community both on the forums and on #adium.

go adium!!!!! may you beat the crap out of every other chat client out there

Powerbook G5 · 09:24 AM

Yeah, now that it doesn't constantly crash on me, Adium is really awesome. I still have trouble using the direct connect/file sharing feature, but with each new release it seems to gain more functionality.

toughboy · Jun 6, 2004, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Powerbook G5

Yeah, not that it doesn't constantly crash on me, Adium is really awesome. I still have trouble using the direct connect/file sharing feature, but with each new release it seems to gain more functionality.

adium crashed on me yesterday night while I was changing the 'away message' feature, but suddenly report page appeared, and even that page is really well designed, I wrote the problem and you know what, they wrote me back today, telling that that is a bug with the 0.58 version and will be fixed in the next one!.. they are good, I liked that

Jun 5, 2004, 01:20 PM	#1
toughboy macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2003 Location: Izmir, Turkey	I just got a Wi-Fi... I'll die if I wont share it with you guys.. Yesterday, I made a dream of mine come true, and bought a Surecom external wireless router thing.. man, I'm so glad that I'll be able to surf with my 12"PB instead of my beige peecee chunk.. and I'm so glad that I'll write on this forum with my PB after today.. but now I need some programs to use like icq, msn, dc++, entourage and etc that I used to use on my pc.. do you have any other recommendations?? __________________ 12" PB G4 Rev A ~ "Ice" (what an irony!) 15.2" PB G4 ~ "DevIce" 17" MBP 2.5GHz/4GB/ Hi-Res LED Screen FTW! ~ "BigMac"
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virividox macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Manila - Nottingham - Philadelphia - Santa Barbara - Boston (ugh hate not knowing where to call home)	dc++, icq , msn, aim, all have mac versions as well as bitorrent entourage comes with ms office but mac has mail __________________ 17" MBP , 2 gig ram, 200 gig fw800 + 120 gig fw400 + 250 gig usb2 ext, 5g 80gig Ipod, Tiger d200 & d70
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Jun 5, 2004, 01:53 PM	#4
Veldek macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany	For ICQ, AIM and MSN try Proteus, a multi-protocol IM client. I like it much better than ICQ. __________________ Never ask a man what computer he uses. If it's a Mac, he'll tell you. If it's not, why embarrass him? T. Clancy PM G5 2x2.5 / Penryn MBP 2.4 / X.6
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Powerbook G5 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St Augustine, FL	I'm using Adium right now which is free unlike Proteus and allows for some really great GUI customization. __________________ iMac, therefore, iAm.
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Jun 5, 2004, 02:15 PM	#7
Powerbook G5 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St Augustine, FL	An AIM account is free, so why not. __________________ iMac, therefore, iAm.
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Jun 5, 2004, 03:05 PM	#8
baby duck monge macrumors 68000 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Memphis, TN	congrats! and i'll put in another vote for adium. it's by no means a finished product yet, but it's certainly plenty stable to be your everyday client. and it supports so many different protocols it's unbelievable. basically, adium rocks my world (and the fact that it's all about the ducks doesn't hurt, either). __________________ When I get sad I stop being sad and get awesome. True story. My Heatware.
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Jun 5, 2004, 08:27 PM	#13
Powerbook G5 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St Augustine, FL	Yeah, now that it doesn't constantly crash on me, Adium is really awesome. I still have trouble using the direct connect/file sharing feature, but with each new release it seems to gain more functionality. __________________ iMac, therefore, iAm. Last edited by Powerbook G5; Jun 6, 2004 at 09:24 AM.
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