can I buy an iSight and attatch it to My PC now!?


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MxxCon, could you stop using that font...? It kindof makes your posts "stand above others" in a way, which is sort of disrespectful to other posters.

Plus it looks fugly and gives the (probably wrong) impression that you want attention.

That's like that other guy who keeps posting in bold... oh well.

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My feeling on this, is that I am particularly suprised that Apple's offering is so low quality. I am not saying that it makes it inferior, but I tend to subscribe to the idea that you get a high quality webcam + mic, then let the software dictate what resolution + sampling rate you broadcast at - so people with broadband get HQ, and people with narrowband get LQ. Thats what a lot of PC users tend to do (amoung my peer group anyway) - get a great cam, that has other potential uses, and can scale upwards to higher quality when needed, but restrict it when using in app like MSN with parents on narroband.

If you do not subscribe to the theory of constantly upgrading, then you will be stuck at a lower reslution, when everyone is using higher. By initially buying a better cam, I no longer need to upgrade for a longer length of time.

Apple products are often seen as high quality products, but this seems to be a rebranding of AIM and a lousy (but stylish) webcam, at a very high price?

I don't see your logic here at all. Because the product only support high res, it's low quality? If you have narrowband, there are plenty of alternatives out there for you to use.

This camera is meant for either Airport/Airport Extreme or Ethernet connected broadband. Their target market is not dialup. Third-parties already have that market covered.

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HAHAHAHA ..you all are freaking arguing over cams! Mac is soo much more blah blah... Windows is better than blah blah. Use whatever product you want and leave it at that and if someone wants info please be technical and not so closed-minded. Hey mods, I vote to open a new forum called "MAC/WINDOWS useless arguments" and move these topics to it, then delete them at the end of the day. :yes:

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Again...someone seems to be forgetting one small fact about the whole iSight thing.

The fact that it requires no fancy setup or configuration. None. Zip.

If you've never used a Mac then your idea of 'no configuration' might be a bit off. The iSight, like most other Apple products is 'plug and play' in the truest sense of the word.

The iSight is a very good quality webcam w/ mic that anyone can use. ANYONE.

Find another webcam with iSight's feature set that your grandma can use w/o any help.

**DISCLAIMER** I've never used an iSight, I'm only going by what I've read and what others have told me. I may be digging my own grave here, but so be it.

The web cam on my PC. Just plug it into the firewire port open MSN and use it. So easy to do it my dog could set it up. Apple does not have a patent on easy of use!! By the way I have a Mac to. It works great as a Linux Home Server for the PC's. Price of the cam $60.00 with 20 doller rebate.

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