[iBook] USB cam or iSight for 600MHz G3 iBook?

[Michael Elliott]

David,

I have a lot of experience with webcams on the Mac, starting with the 
original Connectix Quickcam.  I purchased an iSight in January for use 
with iChat AV, and I love it.  I have used several USB webcams using 
the hack that you're referring to, called ichatusb.  It works.  But it 
doesn't fix the problem that most of those webcams are crappy.

Find me online sometime and you can see a demonstration

mikee60369  on AIM

Michael

On Oct 12, 2004, at 7:05 PM, David Crump wrote:

> I'm getting set up to do some iChat AV with my family and came across 
> this:
>
> http://www.macally.com/spec/usb/input_device/icecam.html
>
> Has anyone had any experience with this?
> I realize that the iSight would be much better, but as far as a 600MHz 
> G3 iBook goes, I was wondering if this would maybe be a better option. 
>  I thought that because the 600MHz G3 was the bare minimum to use 
> iChatAV, that maybe a lower resolution camera would actually help out 
> as far as performance goes??  Correct me if I'm way off on this.  I 
> realize that it requires a software add on to make it work with 
> iChatAV, but I didn't think that would hurt performance.  Anyone have 
> any input on this one?
> Dave
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