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Question:
What's the best way to have live video conferences with
a mixture of PCs and Apples? We use AIM for instant
messaging in our office. Almost all of our laptops have
webcams built in. However, when we try to get a video
conference going with a mixture of PCs and Apples, it
just never works well.
Answer:
Video conferencing can be pretty complicated because it
involves not only software, but also network issues,
said
Bob Chandler
, president of MacVantage, a
Raleigh, N.C.
, IT firm. And while video conferencing between Macs and
PCs has been difficult in the past, current software
makes the process much easier, he said.
So,
assuming your network is fast enough and there are no
firewall problems, he focused on a software solution:
use iChat on your Macs rather than AIM. The software
comes pre-installed on Macs and is fully compatible with
the AIM network. That should work; just make sure you're
using the most recent versions of both.
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