1. SPS Accounts:
    Do you find yourself coming back time after time? Do you appreciate the ongoing hard work to keep this community focused and successful in its mission? Please consider supporting us by upgrading to an SPS Account. Besides the warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting a good cause, you'll also get a significant number of ever-expanding perks and benefits on the site and the forums. Click here to find out more.
    Dismiss Notice
Dismiss Notice
You are currently viewing Boards o' Magick as a guest, but you can register an account here. Registration is fast, easy and free. Once registered you will have access to search the forums, create and respond to threads, PM other members, upload screenshots and access many other features unavailable to guests.

BoM cultivates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We have been aiming for quality over quantity with our forums from their inception, and believe that this distinction is truly tangible and valued by our members. We'd love to have you join us today!

(If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you've forgotten your username or password, click here.)

Windows goes Live?

Discussion in 'Techno-Magic' started by Kitrax, Aug 8, 2006.

  1. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

    Joined:
    Apr 19, 2002
    Messages:
    7,899
    Media:
    74
    Likes Received:
    96
    Gender:
    Male
    Remove all ads!
    Ok, so what's all the hype about this Windows Live stuff.

    From what I've seen, it's going to be a new email and a new IM client. Does that mean that my perfectly fine hotmail account and MSN Messenger are no longer going to be supported? Or is Windows planning on replacing Hotmail/MSN mail/Outlook along with MSN Messenger with this new Live stuff?

    Give me the low-down on this. For a current MSN Premium subscriber (with 2 hotmail accounts as well as MSN Messenger) what are the benefits of using Windows Live? And probably the most important question: what are they going to do with the software once it's out of the beta stage? Is it going to be free, will it be integrated with MSN Premium, will it come pre-installed on along with IE7 once Windows Vista hits the stores?

    Curb your negative M$ views and lets talk actual product here. :thumb: :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Aug 8, 2006
    #1

  2. Abdel - Bhaal Spawn Gems: 13/31
    Latest gem: Ziose

    Joined:
    Aug 4, 2005
    Messages:
    561
    Likes Received:
    0
    My cousin uses Window Live to help promote his fitness business online. I thought Windows live was for Small Businesses and Corporations only and not individuals.
     
    Abdel - Bhaal Spawn, Aug 8, 2006
    #2
  3. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2000
    Messages:
    23,645
    Media:
    494
    Likes Received:
    564
    Gender:
    Male
    [​IMG] http://get.live.com/general/home

    As far as I understand, Live apps are going to ship with Vista and will replace the existing apps. The old ones will probably still work, but since the feature set on the Live apps will be significantly improved, you'll eventually have to shift to that if you'll want to use those features (especially for Messenger, since both people will need to have the Live version to take advantage of a feature that only Live has).

    As for your paid MSN stuff, I have no idea. There's probably more info on the link I gave, or on MSN's site.
     
    Taluntain, Aug 8, 2006
    #3
Sorcerer's Place is a project run entirely by fans and for fans. Maintaining Sorcerer's Place and a stable environment for all our hosted sites requires a substantial amount of our time and funds on a regular basis, so please consider supporting us to keep the site up & running smoothly. Thank you!

Sorcerers.net is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.