[Ti] Excess cable with powerbook mounted iSight?

[Mark Gibson]

At 10:37 -0600 9/1/05, Robert Nicholson wrote:
>"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 (}-:

Robert,

As far as I know the existing camera will work fine, but I'm pretty 
sure I heard that there would be a new one to talk better advantage 
of the new video standard.

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Regards,

Mark (}-:

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