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Rejoice, Mac-toting Skype users. You no longer have to bow your head in shame because your Mac can't handle video calls. Skype for Mac 2.0 beta (Beta version 2.0.0.2, if you want to be specific) will get the job done for you. The system requirements are as follows:Reply in the Mail.app with a specific quote.
Select the text you want quoted and then hit the reply button.
Only your selected text will copied to the reply email.
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Kyp said 8:28PM on 9-13-2006
Is it universal? I'd look it up myself but my company blocks skype.com
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Thayne Miller said 4:23PM on 9-13-2006
Just fyi, the older skype 1.5beta did support video on the mac. I'll give this 2.0 beta a try, but if they haven't improved the video/audio quality from 1.5, then I'm still sticking with iChat. iChat especially blows me away when both ends of the video chat are on a high speed internet connection, as you can get full 640x480 resolution. I hope skype can do this too, but I'm doubting it...
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Twin said 4:27PM on 9-13-2006
And what about Linux version? Is it in progress?
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Karl Benson said 4:47PM on 9-13-2006
This version is, in fact, Universal, Kyp.
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CyBeR said 5:23PM on 9-13-2006
The 1.5 beta did this too and was also universal.
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Extensor said 7:04PM on 9-13-2006
Video.... coolness, but when are they gonna let us mac-o-phles do the SMS???
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icerabbit said 10:22PM on 9-13-2006
My video stalls after about a second. It may pick up again for a few seconds, but then I'm stuck with a frozen image.
I'm not using an iSight, but this has not been a problem for iMovie, iChat, ...
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Fizzy said 3:04AM on 9-14-2006
Just installed it. Sound and video was great. I've never used iChat before so I can't compare. I'm sure the Windows version of Skype has much more features tht the Mac version, for example, it would be great if I could leave an offline voice message, SMS, desppite all that this is a step in the right direction.
Yay for Skype :)
MacBook 2GHz
512 RAM
Built-in-iSight
OS X (10.4.7)
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