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NSX wrote:

mood; steamed

I can see that. Did you expect it to come with an iSight? Did you miss the memo? "No USB" pretty much rules out any acceptable solution. Ain't nothing wrong with USB in this case.

But I agree. If they'd kept making the iSight I wouldn't have this useless little thing stuck in all my computers.

Sorry dude, it's a desktop, USB cameras are usually what you buy when you have  desktop computer. Moreover, USB 2 is more then enough bandwidth for a web cam. You don't need Firewire.

Tell him to buy that cheep'o Xbox Live camera that every Mac desktop user seem to be buying. It works w/o drivers and the video quality is supposed to be nice.

NSX wrote:

and no *uck USB, do not recommend usb cam

dude settle down ... the "built-in" isights ARE USB

mrreet2001 wrote:

NSX wrote:

and no *uck USB, do not recommend usb cam

dude settle down ... the "built-in" isights ARE USB

that's fine can u sell me a good looking external one? didnt think so. if it were an apple isight external usb cam it would be acceptable

thelegendofjohn wrote:

It's MS hardware, not software, and it's seamless, what's the drawback?

It even looks subtle.

so is an xbox 360 rrod, but no one answered to the topic

wot's the reason behind the discont? lots of mini people would buy it, probably not that many macpro.  you guys are missing my point.

Last edited by NSX (2008-04-20 8:39 pm)

Donkey Butter wrote:

The iSight is now built in to all their laptops and the iMac. That is why they stopped selling a stand alone version of it.

u dont get it either.  the isight was hot, it still is hot after 2 years of being discontinued it was always hot and will be til there is an alternative.

there are a few ipods they all play video should an ipod be dropped? i dont think so because they sell, and so did the isight. and it still sells at ridiculous prices.

I agree that the iSight is / was the best add-on camera I have seen in a while. So why not just GET one? eBay search for iSight

It's not like they took em all and dumped em in a landfill somewhere...

I think Apple discontinued the iSight in preparation to new Cinema Displays with them, but theyt have been delayed, IMO

A google search for firewire webcams turned up a few, but I wouldn't spend my money on them.  Not when a USB cam is more than enough.

I agree that more mac users is a good thing.  Means more money for Apple, which in turn means new product development.

Come to think of it, I don't know that many (if any) desktops come with a built-in camera.  And the mini is obviously a desktop.

mac-compliant wrote:

A google search for firewire webcams turned up a few, but I wouldn't spend my money on them.  Not when a USB cam is more than enough.

I agree that more mac users is a good thing.  Means more money for Apple, which in turn means new product development.

Come to think of it, I don't know that many (if any) desktops come with a built-in camera.  And the mini is obviously a desktop.

i saw the sony which was a 4 pin more than a used isight. usb is crap always was and always will
usb 1.1? vs fw4 no contest
usb2 vs fw8 no contest
e/sata 1/1.5 vs fw16 no contest. [e/sata 3 we'll wait for fw3000] i detest usb, intel, and windows...i know i have to live with intel, but that doesnt meant i cant hate em like sassy women.

i dunno if an aio like imacs count, but they had cams since late g5's.  the extreme alum imac is pretty serious

In that case: eBay

mrreet2001 wrote:

I think NSX just likes to hear him self talk ... why else would he ignore or dismiss just about every logical statement in this thread

and where am i illogical? i have backed myself up and still really havent answered the discontinuation of isight.  i already speculated in the first post of the built in cameras for upcoming monitors.  yet that came back much later.

i did research and hearsay and all that noise but there is no definitive reason, and your comment doesnt move it forward either. it's not even an opinion on the topic for heaven sakes, but a snide worthless remark

if it the monitors were anounced even if they fail to deliver that would be viable.  but, they didnt so wot the hell?

Last edited by NSX (2008-04-21 8:28 am)

NSX wrote:

and where am i illogical?

Why was the isight discontinued?
IMO:
   a. It was 149$ which is WAY to expensive for most people.
   b. The only computers that the discontinuation of the isight affected are the mac pros and the mac mini ... apple has shown that they don't give a crap about the mini  ... there are even rumors that it will be discontinued and the mac pro ... I just don't see a lot of Pro users running around bitching that they don't have an apple branded web cam...
   c. the isight is a TOY, the quality isn't good enough for anything real, and USB web-cams are out there just as good for much less $

What is the big deal ... If you have to have an isight go buy one ... they are still available all over the place ...

or you can get another over priced Firewire Cam
or you can get an USB cam that is just as good and a lot cheaper

The xbox live vision camera is a nice camera for OSX ...

It supports 640 × 480 video at 30 fps (same as the isight)
it does lack a mic but the FW isight couldn't be used as a mic in many of the apps I tried to use it with anyway.


What's your beef with USB2 cams anyway ... get over it ... there is nothing wrong with them

Last edited by mrreet2001 (2008-04-21 10:34 am)