Darrell, you are right in that Skype has missed the target and neglected the Apple user base. I personally thought Skype functioned much better on my MacBook Pro as opposed to my HP Windows laptop. There were less dropped calls and better video quality on my Mac with Skype. There may have been a few kinks with Skype on Facebook with Safari, but I’m sure those will be worked out with time. I am an avid user of Skype since I travel much and those low international call rates are great. However, I do feel neglected now when Windows gets an upgrade, and Skype is ‘still’ working on the Mac update. What is up with that?

At the moment I’m enjoying my newly installed Facetime Beta, so long Skype.

I was a Windows evangelist for years, then after using my financée’s Mac for a while, switched to a Mac with Parallels to run whatever Windows apps I needed, and have finally managed to get rid of Parallels. I have never found any difficulty seeking out replacements for my software, and have usually found the replacements to be superior. Couple that with the fact that the OS is such a superior experience for me compared to any version of Windows (I have never had to reinstall Mac OS, whereas Windows was about every 3-6 months).

It’s a bit off-topic, but your facts are really only your experiences, not facts at all. Everyone’s experience is different, and mine has made me very glad I could get away from Windows for good.

Now I am slowyly moving back, and may become all Windows. Fact there is WAY more software on Windows. Sure there is great software on the Mac.

However us a Mac user you spend WAY to much time trying to find software to replace the Windows software you once used. In many cases the software, even from the same vendor, is of less quality compared to the PC side. Microsoft Office and Intuit products are great examples. Quicken and Quickbooks on the Mac suck compared to the PC versions, and there are NOT any alternatives to really replace them. Office 2010 blows away any Office package on the Mac, even Office 2011.

Like others have said, even at 10% market share, which is only in the US, software developers want to make money….not a statement about worshiping over priced hardware or another Linux distro with a fancy GUI (OS X).

If I were in the software money making business Windows version would roll first, and Mac version would only come if I thought I had a chance of breaking even on it.

Facetime for OS X….if BFD. AIM, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Skype have had FACE TIME for a long time on computers, even on the Mac.

That’s silly. It’s silly because we cannot expect companies to simultaneously release applications for all platforms that they have market shares in. Even Apple doesn’t do that! Look at the iPod touch and iPhone versus the iPad. iPad is running an older iOS version right now than the iPod touch and iPhone. Does that mean Apple has “no love” for iPad?

To wait but a few weeks is not a big deal at all and in fact should be expected.

If you expect simultaneous release for all platforms then you’re simply being unrealistic and maybe a bit naïve.

I don’t think Windows/Linux will incorporate FaceTime application anywhere within one year either.

Yes, Mac share has finally increased to 10% in the USA, but that is still only 10%. That number alone disproves your entire argument, Windows should get a lot more playtime than MacOS.

Mentioning iPad at all is irrelevant, they’re different operating systems and have very different requirements. Skype for iOS has seen quite a few updates (the addition of calling over 3G).

Then you go on to mention Apple being poised to introduce 10.7 and Face Time to iChat. Unless you’ve been reading Steve Jobs’ diary, we won’t know if this is true until next week. Even if it is, it’ll be at least six months before anyone can get their hands on a release of 10.7 given that not a single beta has been sent to developers.

It’s a good thing blog posts don’t cost money to publish…