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webcam for Powerbook

post #1 of 5
11/21/05 at 8:34pm
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hello...i have just bought a new powerbook, and am looking for a webcam. is there any certain types that work best with the powerbook?
thanks,
Jared
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post #2 of 5
11/21/05 at 9:07pm
If you want "the best" you want an iSight. If you want to use iChat for video conferencing you want an iSight definitely as iChat doesn't care for USB webcams for some reason, though some will work with it. Otherwise as long as the camera says it supports Macs it should work fine.
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post #3 of 5
11/21/05 at 9:44pm
Is iSight really the best? Compared to all other webcams out there? Or is it just the best suited for a Mac?
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post #4 of 5
11/22/05 at 12:16am
best for a mac, and it's popular enough that drivers have been written for it for windows, though the mic support is lacking. i have a high end logitech (640x480@30fps, CCD). it works fine in OS X for video and pics, but doesn't have driver support for video chatting and such and it doesn't work w/ the iLife suite (in iMovie u can do direct captures via the iSight, kinda like a firewire camcorder). from what i've seen at the apple store the iSight also has better image quality than my logitech.

also, firewire has lower CPU overhead than USB2, which means your apps can do the work they're trying to do while the cam does what it's supposed to do.
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post #5 of 5
11/22/05 at 2:16am
iSight is the best for Mac and pretty much the best webcam period. Shame PC support for it is limited.
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