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10/28/10 at 4:22pm

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lardo5150
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What is the best one to use?
It will only be used for my wife and I to communicate while I am downstairs on my rig.

I was going to grab google talk, but saw there is a memory leak issue.

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10/28/10 at 4:24pm

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skype?

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10/28/10 at 4:25pm

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Digsby is a nice full featured client that has a lowish memory footprint.

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10/28/10 at 4:27pm

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Hmm if it's only for you and your wife, then maybe.. LAN Messenger?

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Corsair H50	Windows 7 Ultimate x64	Dell E228WFP’s	Razer Lycosa
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10/28/10 at 4:33pm

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I like using trillian

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10/28/10 at 4:34pm

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Pidgin gets my vote.

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10/28/10 at 4:39pm

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Pidgin is my favorite. I've been using it exclusively on any family PC that needs an IM client.

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10/28/10 at 4:41pm

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my vote goes to LAN messanger, or skype 4.1

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10/28/10 at 4:43pm

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What are the memory usages on Pigdin and Skype?

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i7 920	Asus P6T Deluxe V2	EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 SC	3x2 Cosair
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WD Black 640g	Windows 7 64x	Acer F-22	Cooler Master 700w
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i7 920	Asus P6T Deluxe V2	EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 SC	3x2 Cosair
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WD Black 640g	Windows 7 64x	Acer F-22	Cooler Master 700w
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10/28/10 at 4:43pm

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digsby user here.

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Crucial M4 128GB + 1TB F3 + 2x 640GB Black RAID0	H220 + 2x GT AP-15	Alphacool ST30 + PWM Helix push/pull	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Filco Tactile Click	Corsair TX750W	600T SE	Logitech G500
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2.2 GHz i7	Apple	1GB ATi 6750	8 GB
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