Mac Users and MSN

Sylvr · Sun 09/12/2007 03:44:07

So.. since my compy's not being to happy right now, I borrowed a friends laptop. She wants me to update her msn messenger (so that the webcam will be compatible), but when I try to run the .exe file, it says I need to choose a program to open it with. I am completely unfamiliar with mac, so I have no idea what to do with it.

Anyone have suggestions for me?

deadsuperhero · Sun 09/12/2007 03:45:09

Er, use something other than the MSN messaging client?
There's Pidgin, Trillian, Kopete, all three support MSN, Yahoo, AIM, and a ton of other IM services.

Sylvr · Sun 09/12/2007 03:48:48

it's a thought, but she had msn working for her so far, I guess I'm wondering why it won't work so easily now.

deadsuperhero · Sun 09/12/2007 04:32:26

Well, one thing is that MSN is run by Microsoft, which is a competitor against Apple. Apple makes Macs, and last time I checked there's always been some sort of problem with using MSN services on Mac OSX.

Sylvr · Sun 09/12/2007 05:25:03

I knew about the Microsoft vs Apple thing. Oh well, she'll have to decide what she wants to change it to if she wants an update so badly I guess. Thanks.

Sam. · Sun 09/12/2007 07:17:42

Well, I'm no expert, but I know that macs don't know what exes are, but this is the mac version of msn:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=msnmessenger

Darth Mandarb · Sun 09/12/2007 15:08:14

Wait ... I thought everything just worked better on a Mac?

HellBeast · Sun 09/12/2007 15:26:11

i work on compters and know that mac has a verison of msn that works and Microsoft makes almost everything but im just work on compters