Skype or hangouts alternative - MacOS 10.5.8

[camuflage]

A friend of mine has a macbook but her OS is 10.5.8, skype no longer has support as you might know, so she can't log in. She also tried to use google hangouts but it doesn't work and firefox doesn't support that version of the system. So what are the alternatives she has to communicate via camera like in skype or google hangouts?

 

thank you

[PGHammer]

A friend of mine has a macbook but her OS is 10.5.8, skype no longer has support as you might know, so she can't log in. She also tried to use google hangouts but it doesn't work and firefox doesn't support that version of the system. So what are the alternatives she has to communicate via camera like in skype or google hangouts?

 

thank you

 

A friend of mine has a macbook but her OS is 10.5.8, skype no longer has support as you might know, so she can't log in. She also tried to use google hangouts but it doesn't work and firefox doesn't support that version of the system. So what are the alternatives she has to communicate via camera like in skype or google hangouts?

 

thank you

10.5.8?  Dang - that is an OLD MacBook - that OS is Leopard (which was the last one that supported PPC).  Out of mere curiousity, what CPU is in that MacBook?

 

If she could upgrade merely to 10.6 (Snow Leopard) that would put her in Skype range - the problem there is that 10.6 is Intel-only.  (That is why I gave a ding to the iMac G5 with iSight - one of the best built-in cameras of that whole era of iMacs - supports wired AND wireless networking - and, thanks to the friendliness and security of OS X, is almost idiot-proof.  The flaw is that it's NOT x86.)

[camuflage]

I think it's probably PPC architecture, because firefox is not even supported.

[notuptome2004]

As far as i know ther is no alternitive.    you  may want to just see if or help her upgrade  to a new Mac  that is running or can run the newest  OS coming out  

[+InsaneNutter MVC]

Maybe you could try installing Debian Linux for PowerPC, if you can run a somewhat modern web browser you might have some luck with a web based version of Skype.

[threesixtyflip]

Hang on, was there even a PPC Macbook? I thought that Macbooks started off with the Intel Core Duo chip in 2006.  It would of been an iBook/Powerbook before that.

 

Either way, should be able to run snow leopard no?

[notuptome2004]

what model of  Book is it  so we can judge.  and snow leaped was only Intel   

[camuflage]

The only thing i know is the os version installed: 10.5.8

[notuptome2004]

The only thing i know is the os version installed: 10.5.8

 

 

then it sounds it may be a PPC based system so she would need to buy a whole new  macbook or so