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Ok everyone....I need some advice....
My family is on a mission to get everyone on broadband and webcammed so we can keep in touch visually more often. With new kids popping up all over the place my parents are worried their grandkids wont recognize them.
Just for fun, here's the spread of the family as of today:
My mom and youngest sister and her fiance live in Maine. My dad, who is still happily married to my mom, just moved to Minnesota for a job (he goes home about 2 times a month). Myself, my wife, our daughter and the one in the oven, and my brother live in Pennsylvania. My other brother and his wife live in Minnesota, but a bit of a drive from my dad's new place. And my other sister, her husband, their two kids and the one she has in the oven all live in Chicago, Illinois.
So, as you can see, we're spread pretty thin. Anyway, in my family, those of us in Pennsylvania are the only 'bastard' Mac users ;P.
I am looking for a webcam that we can use. But here's the deal: The iSight does kick butt, but if I understand correctly only works with iChatAv, thus negating the use of it with PC users....am I correct? Even if that isn't the case, iChatAV only works with Yahoo right now, right? The family is a bunch of MSN Messenger sheep. I could try to convert them, to Yahoo, but it might be tough.
So I looked into other cameras. I found the Fire-i FireWire camera...which looks good and all and works with other software, but does come with a mic. Kind of a pain in the ass since I would need to get at least another $30 is stuff for audio (maybe we could all learn sign language?)
OK...I'm rambling, just wondering peoples thougths on which way to go. If I can use iChatAV with the iSight and talk to people on PC's, I think that's they way I will go and just strong arm everyone else into using Yahoo for our family nights...use the MSN stuff for other. But if it doesn't work, I need some other suggestions.
Thanks,
Eddie
My family is on a mission to get everyone on broadband and webcammed so we can keep in touch visually more often. With new kids popping up all over the place my parents are worried their grandkids wont recognize them.
Just for fun, here's the spread of the family as of today:
My mom and youngest sister and her fiance live in Maine. My dad, who is still happily married to my mom, just moved to Minnesota for a job (he goes home about 2 times a month). Myself, my wife, our daughter and the one in the oven, and my brother live in Pennsylvania. My other brother and his wife live in Minnesota, but a bit of a drive from my dad's new place. And my other sister, her husband, their two kids and the one she has in the oven all live in Chicago, Illinois.
So, as you can see, we're spread pretty thin. Anyway, in my family, those of us in Pennsylvania are the only 'bastard' Mac users ;P.
I am looking for a webcam that we can use. But here's the deal: The iSight does kick butt, but if I understand correctly only works with iChatAv, thus negating the use of it with PC users....am I correct? Even if that isn't the case, iChatAV only works with Yahoo right now, right? The family is a bunch of MSN Messenger sheep. I could try to convert them, to Yahoo, but it might be tough.
So I looked into other cameras. I found the Fire-i FireWire camera...which looks good and all and works with other software, but does come with a mic. Kind of a pain in the ass since I would need to get at least another $30 is stuff for audio (maybe we could all learn sign language?)
OK...I'm rambling, just wondering peoples thougths on which way to go. If I can use iChatAV with the iSight and talk to people on PC's, I think that's they way I will go and just strong arm everyone else into using Yahoo for our family nights...use the MSN stuff for other. But if it doesn't work, I need some other suggestions.
Thanks,
Eddie