Get a taste of Apple?s new Mountain Lion OS by downloading Messages now (Yahoo! News)

Mac users can get an iPad experience on their desktop or laptop computers

Ready for an iPad-inspired experience on your Mac? You don't need to wait for?Apple's new?Mountain Lion OS ? you can get started right now by downloading Messages beta.

The chat program is inspired by the iMessage experience on?iOS 5 iPhones, iPads, and the iPod touch. The program supports popular chat platforms such as AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo!, and Jabber. It even incorporates Apple's?popular video chat, FaceTime.

To download Messages beta, simply visit the?Messages page on Apple's website and click the download button. It's a great way to distract you from obsessing over?next month's iPad 3 launch.

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This article was written by Fox Van Allen and originally appeared on Tecca

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