finally got it working. I don't know why it would not install but gaim finally showed up as an option to install from the application catalog. It indicates 2.0.0beta6. I picked the smaller gaim option. NOT the gaim-l10n 4.5 mb file. There needs to be clarification on this from start to finish for all us newbies. And by the way, I don't understand why people complain about battery life, I have been on this thing all day probably 5-8 hours and just had to plug it it for a charge.

Did I get the latest version? THANKS to all that replied