[Ti] Excess cable with powerbook mounted iSight?

[Mark Gibson]

At 21:28 -0600 7/1/05, Chris Olson wrote:
>On Jan 7, 2005, at 8:59 PM, Mark Gibson wrote:
>
>>I keep it spooled up in the plastic retaining "clip" that it came in.
>
>The thing is, the 1.8 meter cable on the iSight might be handy if 
>you have a desktop that's buried under the desk someplace, but for 
>use on a PowerBook they should offer a shorter (like a 1.5') cable. 
>The Firewire cable provided with iSight has a slim-profile connector 
>to fit inside the small plastic clip-together mount and most 
>replacement cables won't work without alteration.  It's no big deal 
>to shorten it if the excess cable is a problem.  Any electronics 
>repair technician that knows how to use a soldering pencil can do 
>it.  I shortened mine when I got it.
>
>You can also use a Zip Linq ( 
>http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=155986 ) which 
>is handy to have for a PowerBook anyway.
>--
>Chris

Yes but then Apple has to either ship two types of iSight camera (one 
with a short cable for P/B's or iBooks and one with a longer cable 
for other machines) or ship the iSight camera with two cables (which 
would no doubt raise the cost).

Maybe the new iSight camera to use with Tiger's enhanced iChat will 
rectify the situation with a retractable cable?

In the meantime I quite like the long cable as I can use it for the 
iSight, an iPod (with the relevant adapter), another F/W disc or to 
mount the client's machine as a drive on my P/B. I just unclip as 
much as I need for the particular role (much better than carrying 
around two F/W cables).

Obviously Rob (or anyone else for that matter) can get the cable 
shortened, but he doesn't want to incur the expense then spooling it 
up achieves the same end whilst retaining the flexibility of a longer 
cable when / if its needed.
-- 

Regards,

Mark (}-:

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