[Ti] Excess cable with powerbook mounted iSight?

[Robert Nicholson]

"new isight camera"

They need a new one? That will be totally unacceptable if the regular 
cameras cannot participate in 3-way conversations.

On Jan 7, 2005, at 9:55 PM, Mark Gibson wrote:

> 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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