MSN Messenger and camera.

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MSN Messenger and camera.

So, I noticed you can't web cam chat using msn messenger on a mac.

Are there any alternatives similar to MSN where you can while still keeping your MSN contact list?

I tried using 'aMSN' and that didn't work either.

Thanks a lot!

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Dec 31, 2007 5:52 AM

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even_andre_fiskvik

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Jan 1, 2008 4:19 PM in response to Alanna J

Hi Alanna.

There's really no good MSN solutions out there for Mac OS X (yet) if you are planning to use the video-conference functionality. If you just want basic MSN functonality I would recommend trying out Adium (www.adium.com).
If you are on an Intel based Mac, you could try running MSN Live Messenger from Windows XP running in e.g. Parallels or VMWare Fusion (which let you run Windows on top of Mac OS X on Intel-based macs). You should probably have at least 2 GB RAM though...

Another option you might have is Skype (though your "buddies" would need to use that too).

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Joel C.

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Jan 1, 2008 5:28 PM in response to Alanna J

Agreed there's really not a good alternative but you might check out Mercury Messenger.

Admittedly I don't use it (use Adium too) but I've heard it works pretty well even though it's Java based.

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