Windows iChat AV at MacWorld San Francisco?

i dont think apple should do this, i think they should just work with aol into getting support into aim and aol. they have a good relationship with them now, lets not screw it up.

iJon

Originally posted by iJon
i dont think apple should do this, i think they should just work with aol into getting support into aim and aol. they have a good relationship with them now, lets not screw it up.

iJon

I agree, they are giving too much to Windows users and it is going to make the Mac OS X less desirable because some of the better programs are already on Windows. iTunes and quicktime is fine but I think that's where they need to stop. And besides, if apple does do it and decides to charge for it then I doubt many people will be getting it.

Originally posted by Iceman06
I agree, they are giving too much to Windows users and it is going to make the Mac OS X less desirable because some of the better programs are already on Windows. iTunes and quicktime is fine but I think that's where they need to stop. And besides, if apple does do it and decides to charge for it then I doubt many people will be getting it.

agreed. gotta leave some stuff for windows users to drool over.. then again.. think of how many more people wed be able to video conference with?

Originally posted by Iceman06
I agree, they are giving too much to Windows users and it is going to make the Mac OS X less desirable because some of the better programs are already on Windows. iTunes and quicktime is fine but I think that's where they need to stop. And besides, if apple does do it and decides to charge for it then I doubt many people will be getting it.

welll maybe, ichat isnt going to make many switchers, or at least not enough to make a significance. i look at ichat and the isight as apple's next ipod. they came out with it for the mac and it was groundbreaking, came out with it for windows and it took the world by storm. i do think ichat av is pretty useless without the rest of the 98% of the world. I would love to see isight and aim work in the windows world, i just dont think apple needs to make ichat. they are already in good ties with aol. just have aol make an update for aol and aim that puts the phone and camera icon on the buddy list and sell isights. thats all apple needs to do.

iJon

Yeah, I think it will be quite essential for iChat to 'survive'

MSN Messenger for MacOSX with same specs as the Win version would be fine too...

why shouldn't apple give windows users ichat? 30 bucks for apple is better than nothing. plus its advertising value.

also, we know apple likes to keep everything in house. if they provide ichat to everybody, they don't have to deal with compatibility issues with other programs.

and everyone who has downloaded itunes will probably give ichat serious thought.

i think it's all part of the grand plan. even as we speak, steve jobs is growing a bad guy goatee and saying "excellent".

:)

Why would aol allow this? Plus windows has no zeroconf networking so iChat would really work, would it? Pretty lame rumor if you ask me.

Originally posted by KEL9000
Why would aol allow this? Plus windows has no zeroconf networking so iChat would really work, would it? Pretty lame rumor if you ask me.

itunes sharing works on windows, i dont see how ichat would be any different.

iJon

I am undecided if I like this or not. I'd like to keep as many super cool features on the Mac side of things. Although I do understand the limitations of iChat AV if it is only on Mac OS X, I worry about it on Windows. :(

We shall see.

I don't think Apple should port iChat (it's not that great of an app for just IMing). It would make more sense for them to work iChat's AV tech into AIM (I imagine AOL would like this idea, too. It would give them an edge over MSN Messenger).