[iBook] Video conf on iBooks

[Tom Legare]

Is Yahoo Messenger compatible for Mac to Windows video conferencing?

I hate to have so many IM programs installed and running at once.  Somebody
should make just ONE that is compatible with all of them and supports the
voice and video features :)

Tom

> From: Jean-Paul Thuot <fearsome.orange at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Jean-Paul Thuot <fearsome.orange at gmail.com>, "A place to discuss
> Apple's iBook computers." <ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:20:38 +0800
> To: "A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers."
> <ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [iBook] Video conf on iBooks
> 
> Check out Yahoo Messenger....
> 
> 
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:05:24 -0600, Tom Legare <Tom.Legare at comcast.net> wrote:
>>  I haven't seen this come up before, but I've got to believe this topic is
>> coming more and more of a curiousity for us iBook owners looking to video
>> conference with our Windows long lost cousins.
>>  
>>  My iBook is only a G3/500, so iChat A/V will not let me hook up an iSight
>> camera.
>>  
>>  Now I have done video many times in the Windows world, and these are the
>> combinations that seem to work:
>>  
>>  AIM: You can do video if you are running Windows XP only
>>  MSN Messenger: You can do video if you are running Windows 2000 or Windows
>> XP
>>  
>>  So...my questions are:
>>  
>>  
>> Will any generic USB or Firewire camera work with my iBook 500 with iSight
>> since Apple's iSight camera requires at least an iBook 600?
>> I don't see any video conferencing option in Mac's MSN Messenger (ver 4.0.1
>> currently), will MSN Messenger for Mac do video?
>> What have people found is the best option for Mac to Mac video conferencing
>> if you can't use iChat A/V?
>> What have people found is the best option for Mac to Windows video
>> conferencing... MSN Messenger?  AIM?  Is there a Windows version of iChat
>> A/V? 
>> What potholes should I be aware of?
>>  
>>  Thanks!
>>  
>>  Tom
>>  
>>  
>>  
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