AOL has released Desktop for Mac, the new all-in-one application was built from the ground up for Mac users, by Mac users.
It puts your Web browser, instant messaging, email and other popular features all in one place for you, so you can get more done with fewer clicks.
Features include:
• Fast, new AOL browser
• New email and AIM
• Leopard-ready for your new Mac
System Requirements:
• PowerPC G4 or Intel Macintosh (minimum)
• Mac OS X 10.4.8 or higher
• Minimum of 256MB of physical RAM
• Minimum of 60MB of available hard disk space
• 28.8 Kbps or faster modem/existing Internet connection
More info and download link here.
I didn’t realize AOL was still around.
AOL???? who cares?
Some people have been waiting for that day since the last 15 years… to the point AOL doesn’t represent anything on the web scene nowadays
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Ummmm……NO THANKS!!
Gone are the days when people need training wheels on their internet experience.
AOL was of some value back in the days before public internet access but, like M$, the internet has greatly passed them by.
My sister will be happy. The last (non beta) version of AOL was completely unusable. Not to mention unsupported by AOL. I was uneasy having her use the beta version but we had no choice.
This is very late for Mac users but welcome.
Great! Now we can hear, “you’ve got mail”, ad nauseum.
in the words of Matt Foley:
” Well la-de-frickin’-da!”
CompuServe and Prodigy also released web clients this week. They now support 256 colors.
Why would I voluntarily put spyware on my Macs?
Yay! – I can’t decide which one to install first! AOawfuL or Microsuck Office.
“Leopard-ready for your new Mac” as it slows it to a crawl.
Another big flop in the making.
No thank you.
Gone are the days of AOL… I used it back in 94′ when it was dial-up, and basically considered the internet. I hardly used the web browser for anything, as there were hardly any websites worth looking at. They charged a few bucks per hour after you passed a certain amount of hours, kinda like a cell phone nowdays.
The best part was when it had trouble connecting, I would call tech support and they would ask me to hold the phone next to the modem so they could listen to the fax-like sounds it was making.
Or when your modem would call a long distance number to connect and my phone bill would be an extra $100 or so.
Awesome.
“CompuServe and Prodigy also released web clients this week.”
I’ll stick with GEnie, thanks. This 300 baud modem may need an upgrade though. It’s hard to tell if these line by line images are worth downloading until I get past the shoulders.
AOL… DOA? Now there’s a target for Ballmer. Just think… you can get your face on the cover of Time every time … with full editorial control.
eWorld… Nuf’ said.
AOL??? ROTFLMAO! You’re killing me!
I just downloaded and installed the new AOL and I have to admit for a novice user it’s pretty nice. It’s decently fast and very easy to understand. For a lot of people, especially older people, AOL is the only way to surf the web and it’s refreshing to see AOL make a strong attempt to win over Mac users. I sell Macs for a living and I can now honestly tell customers that say AOL is a must for them that they’ll be happy with AOL for the Mac.
Not much point in upgrading if I still can’t screen dump to my ImageWriter.
I’m not from the US so pardon me for asking this: why is this news? What’s so important with AOL Desktop?
From the screenshots it just looks like safari/mail and ichat running. Jeeze where do they come up with their ideas?
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I’ll stick with Apple’s own eWorld, thank you very much.
And…I’ll read the previous posts more carefully. Sorry Macintosh.
“AOL has released Desktop for Mac …”
Oh, give it up.
One would have thought AOL had seen the pointlessness of trying to trap the public in its walled garden by now and had given up writing software. The shareholders should be asking questions, if they still are. Someone’s wasting their money hand-over-fist on schemes that will not work