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Off Topic => Computers & Programming General => Topic started by: dm-horus on November 02, 2006, 09:56:54 PM
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First of all, go here (http://skype.com/) to download Skype (http://skype.com/).
Who already has Skype? Myself and Levi do.
Contact me by typing my name into Skype!
Christopher Mars or torch_perish
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I used to have it before I wiped my computer, had some fun calling people in the month it was free lol
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yeah i just missed another free month. wouldve been sweet
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skype rocks!
got all my family using it! :D
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The quality is crystal clear, but it lags my computer like you wouldn't believe. If I'm ever using Skype, it's the only thing I can do.
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I got skype :/
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lol use skype and op2 together if it has very little lag as they say.
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I just tend to break up a lot when I use it. I use it for gaming in GW with my clanmates, been using it quite a long time lol. Its better that TS.
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yes it seems alot better then TS in the fact no one has to run a damn server.
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The quality is crystal clear, but it lags my computer like you wouldn't believe. If I'm ever using Skype, it's the only thing I can do.
Hooman, what kind of connection do you have? Im running 56k and its great for me. The only time it sounded bad was when I forgot to turn off the torrents I was downloading. Ive never had lag, either. Thats the first time Ive ever heard of Skype lagging someone out.
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Horus, sry about not replying last night, I was asleep a good part of the time and then my connection seemed to fail O.o
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its all good, you know how i do.
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It's not my connection. It's my computer. I have an 800 MHz Celeron with 192 MB of RAM running Win XP. It doesn't take much to push my computer over the edge, and Skype brings it very very close.
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If it ain't 100% free, I ain't interested
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If it ain't 100% free, I ain't interested
and since when did it start costing anything???
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Just got it, doesn't seem to lag my computer too bad, at least when I tried calling the "Test Call" (and my machine is ancient -- 700 P3 with 768MB ram).
Can't really use it too much though until I dig out a microphone from somewhere. Maybe later tonight. (Should probably find headphones too, so there isn't this annoying echo through the speakers).
It doesn't cost anything for Skype->Skype calls.
You start paying for extra features like being able to call out to landline phones (their site claims calls to US and Canada numbers are free until the end of the year however), or having a real phone number that is linked to your Skype account.
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its defo the best app for comp to comp voice communication.
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Hacker, I think your RAM could be making all the difference. :o
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Yeah, maybe :P
The P3 might be beating out the Celeron as well (wasn't Celeron supposed to be a very budget CPU? Maybe missing stuff like SSE?)
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Yes, it is very budget. Not much in the way of features or speed. But hey, it was a free hand me down, and a big step up from 200 MHz.
Skype is free to use. It offers some pay features, but just don't use them. It's not like it will let you use them anyways unless you've paid. As far as I'm concerned it's just like any other p2p voice chat software out there, except the quality of sound is better (or at least no worse) and it's as easy to use as any instant messenger.
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Skype
Freeza-CII