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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Thanks Michael! That’s just what I was looking for in terms of a camera solution.<BR>
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So anyone... Will iChat A/V work with video conferencing with a Windows user on the other end? What program would the Windows person be running?<BR>
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Tom<BR>
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<B>From: </B>Michael Elliott <<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>michaelelliott@mac.com</U></FONT>><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:51:37 -0600<BR>
<B>To: </B>"A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers." <<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>ibook@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</U></FONT>><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Re: [iBook] Video conf on iBooks<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.ecamm.com/mac/ichatusbcam/">http://www.ecamm.com/mac/ichatusbcam/</a></U></FONT> <BR>
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which says it will let you use an iSight with a 500 MHz ibook. <BR>
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Michael <BR>
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On Feb 27, 2005, at 9:05 AM, Tom Legare wrote: <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>I haven't seen this come up before, but I've got to believe this topic is coming more and more of a curiosity for us iBook owners looking to video conference with our Windows long lost cousins. <BR>
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My iBook is only a G3/500, so iChat A/V will not let me hook up an iSight camera. <BR>
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Now I <B>have</B> done video many times in the Windows world, and these are the combinations that seem to work: <BR>
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AIM: You can do video if you are running Windows XP only <BR>
MSN Messenger: You can do video if you are running Windows 2000 or Windows XP <BR>
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So...my questions are: <BR>
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1. 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? <BR>
2. 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? <BR>
3. What have people found is the best option for Mac to Mac video conferencing if you can’t use iChat A/V? <BR>
4. 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? <BR>
5. What potholes should I be aware of? <BR>
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Thanks! <BR>
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Tom <BR>
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