HOW DO I DOWNLOAD WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER TO MY MACBOOK?!

Hey there,

Google is your best friend when you first get a Mac and should always try to use it.
Anyways,

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/messenger/default.mspx

There is the link for MSN Messenger all you have to do is click the download button and everything should start automatically.

I personally use Adium for the Mac and find it alot better than the regular MSN Messenger. You can download it here: http://adium.im/

Hope I helped! If theres anything else just ask.

WindowsLive Messenger is only available with Windows. There are, however, some Mac MSN clients for basic access to MSN such as aMSN and MacMessenger. Adium is a multi-protocol instant messenger that supports MSN Messenger. Look for these and other possibilities at VersionTracker or MacUpdate.

But if you want the true WindowsLive product you will have to run Windows on your Mac:

Windows on Intel Macs

There are presently several alternatives for running Windows on Intel Macs.

1. Install the Apple Boot Camp software. Purchase Windows XP w/Service Pak 2 or Vista. Follow instructions in the Boot Camp documentation on installation of Boot Camp, creating Driver CD, and installing Windows. Boot Camp enables you to boot the computer into OS X or Windows.

2. Parallels Desktop for Mac and Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7. Parallels is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.

3. VM Fusionand Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7. VM Fusion is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.

4. CrossOver which enables running many Windows applications without having to install Windows. The Windows applications can run concurrently with OS X.

5. VirtualBox is a new Open Source freeware virtual machine such as VM Fusion and Parallels that was developed by Solaris. It is not as fully developed for the Mac as Parallels and VM Fusion.

6. Last is Q. Q is a freeware emulator that is compatible with Intel Macs. It is much slower than the virtualization software, Parallels and VM Fusion.

Note that Parallels and VM Fusion can also run other operating systems such as Linux, Unix, OS/2, Solaris, etc. There are performance differences between dual-boot systems and virtualization. The latter tend to be a little slower (not much) and do not provide the video performance of the dual-boot system.

See MacTech.com's Virtualization Benchmarking for comparisons of Boot Camp, Parallels, and VM Fusion.

Boot Camp is only available with Leopard or Snow Leopard. The Boot Camp Beta that was used with Tiger has expired and is no longer available for use. So contrary to the other poster's comment, Boot Camp isn't truly "free." You must purchase Leopard or Snow Leopard to get it.

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