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>Like...all these products do video calls fine. No, they don't. Teams does not work at all on MacOS with Intel silicon, just for starters.

porker 3y ago
And only works sometimes on Apple silicon.
kyriakos 3y ago
My experience is with windows and browser, both work fine. I hate it's chat ux but calls work consistently well.
- midoridensha 3y ago
  >My experience is with windows and browser, both work fine. That's not helpful when you're trying to chat with someone who for whatever reason is stuck with a MacBook. This is why Zoom is so great: you can actually count on it working with everyone's computer. With everything else, there always seems to be some combination of hardware+OS+browser that just doesn't work. That's completely unacceptable for a video chat platform that needs to be usable by everyone. If you're just chatting with one or two friends, one of the others might be fine since number of different platforms isn't very high and you can pick something that works for the 2 of you, but for something that needs to be usable by anyone at any time, it won't work.
  - kyriakos 3y ago
    In most corporate environments there is uniformity in platforms used so if windows is used which is the case with most corporations it's a non issue and especially because teams is included in the office 365 subscription those companies just use teams. Does the browser version work well on macos? I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work on chrome.
    - midoridensha 3y ago
      >In most corporate environments there is uniformity in platforms Not if you're interviewing candidates using video-chat. What's the company supposed to do, FedEx overnight a company laptop to the candidate just for doing a video interview? >Does the browser version work well on macos? In my experience, no. It consumes all the CPU.
i_don_t_know 3y ago
That’s odd. I’ve been using Teams without problems for years on two Intel MacBooks (currently on Monterey). In my experience it’s always been my PC colleagues who’ve had problems with audio and video. What problems are you running into?
BigJ1211 3y ago
I've been using Teams on my intel macbook for years, it works "fine". (It's a massive battery drain and CPU hog, but other than that it works) Not sure what you're on about. I'm all for shitting on Teams, as the chat and specifically group chat functionality is horrible, especially compared to slack (that has its own issues). But claiming it doesn't work at all is a big one.
- midoridensha 3y ago
  Well I tried using Teams recently with a friend who had one of those Intel Macbooks, and it used so much CPU that it became unusable. >(It's a massive battery drain and CPU hog, but other than that it works) That doesn't fit with my definition of "works".

porker 3y ago

And only works sometimes on Apple silicon.

kyriakos 3y ago

My experience is with windows and browser, both work fine. I hate it's chat ux but calls work consistently well.

midoridensha 3y ago
>My experience is with windows and browser, both work fine. That's not helpful when you're trying to chat with someone who for whatever reason is stuck with a MacBook. This is why Zoom is so great: you can actually count on it working with everyone's computer. With everything else, there always seems to be some combination of hardware+OS+browser that just doesn't work. That's completely unacceptable for a video chat platform that needs to be usable by everyone. If you're just chatting with one or two friends, one of the others might be fine since number of different platforms isn't very high and you can pick something that works for the 2 of you, but for something that needs to be usable by anyone at any time, it won't work.
- kyriakos 3y ago
  In most corporate environments there is uniformity in platforms used so if windows is used which is the case with most corporations it's a non issue and especially because teams is included in the office 365 subscription those companies just use teams. Does the browser version work well on macos? I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work on chrome.
  - midoridensha 3y ago
    >In most corporate environments there is uniformity in platforms Not if you're interviewing candidates using video-chat. What's the company supposed to do, FedEx overnight a company laptop to the candidate just for doing a video interview? >Does the browser version work well on macos? In my experience, no. It consumes all the CPU.

i_don_t_know 3y ago

That’s odd. I’ve been using Teams without problems for years on two Intel MacBooks (currently on Monterey). In my experience it’s always been my PC colleagues who’ve had problems with audio and video. What problems are you running into?

BigJ1211 3y ago

I've been using Teams on my intel macbook for years, it works "fine". (It's a massive battery drain and CPU hog, but other than that it works) Not sure what you're on about. I'm all for shitting on Teams, as the chat and specifically group chat functionality is horrible, especially compared to slack (that has its own issues). But claiming it doesn't work at all is a big one.

midoridensha 3y ago
Well I tried using Teams recently with a friend who had one of those Intel Macbooks, and it used so much CPU that it became unusable. >(It's a massive battery drain and CPU hog, but other than that it works) That doesn't fit with my definition of "works".