Yes, AIM is pretty much the same thing. Just not bloated over like ICQ has become. I used to use ICQ, but between the updates that added more useless stuff and the spam I would get from it, I finally uninstalled it. Plus it didn't have the talk feature.

[quote:19qrgaxu]My brother had me doing some stuff on ICQ several years ago, is this aim the same kind of thing?[/quote:19qrgaxu]