Can i send TEXTS from my laptop?

i think this may be a dumb question but can i send texts to people's phones with a phone number from my laptop?
i need to send a bunch of these and i don't want to have to do it on my phone.
TIA

Hi,
The Messages app can do this.
The basic method is you have an AIM Account in Messages and display the Buddy List (Window menu).
You then add the Phone Number as it is were a Buddy with a leading +1  (As in +1234567890)
There are restrictions:-
1) the Computer has to set as if it is in the United States (System Preferences > Language and Text > Region)
2) The Phone has to be in the United States AND
3) Has to be on a carrier that supports AIM's SMS forwarding
The Leading +1 is in fact a country code but AIM have never rolled this out further than the Untied States.
Their site has a list of carriers on it somewhere.
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