Filed under : “Instant Messaging”

"Here we rate the 5 most popular instant messenger applications, (AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, and Skype) in 6 categories: Instant Messaging, Voip Calling, Extra Features, User Interface, Memory Usage, and Ease of Removal, and give you a totally objective review!

We had 3 users of different computer knowledge levels rate each application.

Admin: Using a Logitech USB Headset 250 on an AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.1Ghz processor with 2GBs DDR2-800 RAM. Internet speeds are 3.0 Mb/s download and 768 Kb/s upload. Expert PC user.

Digit: Using a Philips SBC HN110 noise-canceling headset on an AMD Turion 64 X2 CPU @ 1.8Ghz/core and 1GB of DDR-667 RAM. Internet speed is 7 Mb/s down, 512 Kb/s up. Expert PC user.

GirlG33k: Using a Pentium III 500 MHz processor with 512 MBs of RAM. Internet speeds are 3.0 Mb/s download and 768 Kb/s upload. Above average PC user.

Here’s what each had to say:"

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Posted @ The Tech Turf

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