[CUBE] isight IS working

[david sarcastix]

Thanks for the info!

I'm stoked!

Nice to know that it works on Airport.  I can go either Airport or hard
wired ethernet in my house.

Yes, the Pismo has 2 firewire ports. 2 USB ports. Audio in and out. S-VHS
out. Monitor out. Ethernet and a 56k built-in modem. DVD player. 14 inch
screen.

500mhz G3 with a 100 mhz bus speed. I have 640mb of ram, and it will
recognize more, although Apple sez it maxes at at 500 mb.

900 mhz G3 processor upgrade available for under $300.

This is a NICE laptop, and a fine companion to my CUBE and Sawtooth.

If you need a laptop, picking up a Pismo on Ebay will give you a LOT of
value for the money. It's the first laptop I got that felt like a REAL
computer, and had all the ports and features I want. Runs OSX very well.

Thanks again!!

David Sarcastix

http://www.sarcastix.com

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Erik Ableson12/18/03 2:36 PMeableson at mac.com

> Yup - hooked directly to the Cube on an (flaky) Airport connection at
> my apartment with my girlfriend on a DSL line, and my commuting
> apartment is on Cable with the powerbook and we use it just about every
> night instead of the telephone.
> 
> No appreciable issues setting things up, it really truly worked in fine
> Apple fashion for me.  Plugged them in and it worked!
> 
> There is a note that the resolution could be finer if you have a faster
> CPU which would be nice, but it's certainly quite usable on the under
> 800Mhz machines.  What really sold me was the integrated directional
> mic.  Since it's  USB audio only on the Cube and I have enough cables
> already without the Griffin iMic hooked up, it's a MUCH cleaner
> solution.
> 
> You just have to get used to the 0.5/1.5 second lag... but that's more
> than tolerable given that it's effectively free long distance video
> phoning.
> 
> I'm not sure about the G3 side of the house - do the Pismos have
> built-in Firewire?  I don't remember.  I think that the low end
> requirement was a machine with integrated Firewire, rather than a card.
> 
> I've even done overseas iChat AV connections that worked as well!
> 
> On 18 déc. 03, at 19:44, david sarcastix wrote:
> 
>> Erik,
>> 
>> WOW!!
>> 
>> Yippee, Yappee, Yahooey!!
>> 
>> I also have a Pismo (500m mhz G3). Is the G4 what gives the iChat AV
>> the
>> power to do it's thing, with lower mhz?
>> 
>> I'll experiment now, of course, but an opinion or advice would help if
>> you
>> have the time.
> 
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