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Instant Messaging Programs

drive428

drive428

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What would be the best instant messaging program for Mac. I just switched (got my iBook today!!!), and need a good instant messenger program. Thanks!
 
What IM service do you use? I use MSN, and I find that Microsoft's official client is still the most stable and most compatible.
 
drive428 said:
I use AIM, but AIM for Mac sucks. I've heard of Adium, is that any good?
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some may call it the greatest instant message app for mac... although its your prefrence. (It supports many different company IM to; MSN AIm Yahoo ect)
 
Phat_Pat said:
some may call it the greatest instant message app for mac... although its your prefrence. (It supports many different company IM to; MSN AIm Yahoo ect)
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i would be one of those folk who would say that exact thing. adium is amazing.
 
I love Proteus. It's shareware, so it costs $15, but is fully functional if you don't pay for it, it'll just pop up a box asking you to pay for it every time it starts up. Anyway, having tried Adium, Fire, AIM, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger on the Mac, I must say that in my opinion, Proteus beats them all. Like Fire and Adium, it's a multi-protocol client. I use it for AIM, MSN and Yahoo, and = it supports ICQ, Jabber and Rendevous (along with some I've never heard of) as well. Anyway, check it out.
 
You do know that you already have iChat loaded on your iBook. It works with AIM and .mac accounts.

Doesn't work with much else until Tiger.
 
drive428 said:
What would be the best instant messaging program for Mac. I just switched (got my iBook today!!!), and need a good instant messenger program. Thanks!
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Use iChat for AIM.
 
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