[iBook] Video conf on iBooks

[Jean-Paul Thuot]

Check out Yahoo Messenger....


On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:05:24 -0600, Tom Legare <Tom.Legare at comcast.net> wrote:
>  I haven't seen this come up before, but I've got to believe this topic is
> coming more and more of a curiousity for us iBook owners looking to video
> conference with our Windows long lost cousins.
>  
>  My iBook is only a G3/500, so iChat A/V will not let me hook up an iSight
> camera.
>  
>  Now I have done video many times in the Windows world, and these are the
> combinations that seem to work:
>  
>  AIM: You can do video if you are running Windows XP only
>  MSN Messenger: You can do video if you are running Windows 2000 or Windows
> XP
>  
>  So...my questions are:
>  
>  
> Will any generic USB or Firewire camera work with my iBook 500 with iSight
> since Apple's iSight camera requires at least an iBook 600? 
> I don't see any video conferencing option in Mac's MSN Messenger (ver 4.0.1
> currently), will MSN Messenger for Mac do video? 
> What have people found is the best option for Mac to Mac video conferencing
> if you can't use iChat A/V? 
> What have people found is the best option for Mac to Windows video
> conferencing... MSN Messenger?  AIM?  Is there a Windows version of iChat
> A/V? 
> What potholes should I be aware of?
>  
>  Thanks!
>  
>  Tom
>  
>  
>  
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