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Mac Forum / Applications / Other MS Products / June 2007MACBOOK PRO ISIGHT WITH MSN
Hi: I wonder if I can use the iSight on the MacBook Pro with MSN? Do I have to install something for it to work or that I will work painlessly like iChat with iSight. Thank you. Sorry, no, Mac Messenger simply doesn't support audio/video chat for the time being. There are other, unofficial solutions available, such as aMSN, that will allow you to do just that: <http://www.amsn-project.net/> On 17/06/2007 8:15, in article 1182060902.220175.279300@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, > Hi: > I wonder if I can use the iSight on the MacBook Pro with MSN? Do I > have to install something for it to work or that I will work > painlessly like iChat with iSight. Thank you.  SignatureMichel Bintener Microsoft MVP Office:Mac (Entourage & Word) ***Always reply to the newsgroup.*** On Jun 17, 9:15 am, ny110010...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi: > I wonder if I can use the iSight on the MacBook Pro with MSN? Do I > have to install something for it to work or that I will work > painlessly like iChat with iSight. Thank you. Simply just wait Leopard ;) On 17/06/2007 9:16, in article 1182064582.479976.216220@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com, "shunulu" > On Jun 17, 9:15 am, ny110010...@gmail.com wrote: >> Hi: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Simply just wait Leopard ;) Installing Leopard won't change anything; you will still need to wait for Microsoft to release a version of Mac Messenger that supports audio/video chats. SignatureMichel Bintener Microsoft MVP Office:Mac (Entourage & Word) ***Always reply to the newsgroup.*** > Installing Leopard won't change anything; you will still need to wait for > Microsoft to release a version of Mac Messenger that supports audio/video [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Microsoft MVP > Office:Mac (Entourage & Word) Nooo sorry Michel :) it will change !!! i simply meant Boot Camp and windows-iSight compatibility. i was loosin' my religion :)) to Mac Messenger for a long time ago. Wait Leopard, because then we will install Vista ( heey, legal of course :D ) for Messenger live (no Mac Messenger) and boom ! Have a nice day ;) No need to wait for Leopard; you can already download a beta of Boot Camp. <http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/> I'm not sure if the iSight works with Windows, though. I don't use Windows, so I can't verify. On 17/06/2007 22:57, in article 1182113831.632616.241640@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com, "shunulu" > Nooo sorry Michel :) it will change !!! > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Have a nice day ;) SignatureMichel Bintener Microsoft MVP Office:Mac (Entourage & Word) ***Always reply to the newsgroup.*** On 17/6/07 22:43, in article C29B77BB.22F3%m.bintener@NOSPAMmvps.org, > No need to wait for Leopard; you can already download a beta of Boot Camp. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> >> Have a nice day ;) The builtin iSight on a MacBook or MacBook Pro does work, however the old FireWire iSight does not work properly (or didn't the last time I checked). Parallels might also let you do this, but why should we have go through such contortions just because of Microsoft. Thanks for the clarification, John. I have given up on waiting for Microsoft to release an A/V-capable version of Mac Messenger; I'm using Skype instead. On 18/06/2007 12:06, in article C29C17BA.2327D%john.lockwood@amtec.co.uk, > The builtin iSight on a MacBook or MacBook Pro does work, however the old > FireWire iSight does not work properly (or didn't the last time I checked). > > Parallels might also let you do this, but why should we have go through such > contortions just because of Microsoft. SignatureMichel Bintener Microsoft MVP Office:Mac (Entourage & Word) ***Always reply to the newsgroup.*** > Thanks for the clarification, John. I have given up on waiting for Microsoft > to release an A/V-capable version of Mac Messenger; I'm using Skype instead. Who cares Mac:Messenger ! ( microsoft too :D ) load Leopard, meet isight-windoze compatibility, use whatever you want. Life is good :) On 18/6/07 12:37, in article C29C3B30.232E%m.bintener@NOSPAMmvps.org, > Thanks for the clarification, John. I have given up on waiting for Microsoft > to release an A/V-capable version of Mac Messenger; I'm using Skype instead. You and me both. This shows the utter foolishness of Microsoft deliberately crippling the Mac version of Messenger, all they are doing is driving everyone (Mac and PC users alike) to the competition! They are now making the same mistake with Office 2008 for Mac, due to its lacking VBA support and Microsoft failing to confirm they will [ever] add the successor to VBA [.net] to it, people will either be deserting it completely (for OpenOffice or NeoOffice), or will simply not upgrade from Office 2004. If only Apple would do (the Leopard version of) iChat for Windows, Messenger would soon be nothing but an unpleasant memory, iChat is sooo much better that PC users would drop dead in shock. On 19/06/2007 11:34, in article C29D61B8.2340C%john.lockwood@amtec.co.uk, > They are now making the same mistake with Office 2008 for Mac, due to its > lacking VBA support and Microsoft failing to confirm they will [ever] add > the successor to VBA [.net] to it, people will either be deserting it > completely (for OpenOffice or NeoOffice), or will simply not upgrade from > Office 2004. Don't forget that a considerable number of people have never heard of or don't need to use VBA; to them, the absence of VBA will not matter at all. And to be fair, according to the screenshots and the information available online, a lot of effort has gone into Microsoft Office 2008. It would be wrong to assume that 2008 is simply 2004 + Universal Binary - VBA. > If only Apple would do (the Leopard version of) iChat for Windows, Messenger > would soon be nothing but an unpleasant memory, iChat is sooo much better > that PC users would drop dead in shock. I'm not sure Windows Messenger would disappear that quickly. On the Windows platform, Live Messenger has a lot of very nice features (among them A/V chat), and I don't think you could easily convince people to switch from MSN to AIM or .Mac. Now if Apple was to build MSN support into iChat, *that* would be an entirely different deal. At the same time, now that Apple has ported Safari to Windows, who knows what will happen next? SignatureMichel Bintener Microsoft MVP Office:Mac (Entourage & Word) ***Always reply to the newsgroup.*** |
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