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Old 19-11-2008, 04:00 PM
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hi I have an old iBook and want to give it to my old man so he does not have to pay to call me + he can see me and me him but I have not found one web cam that works works with Mac (10.4.11). So I was wondering if anyone here knows of one that does work but I would like to keep the cost under $100

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Old 19-11-2008, 04:10 PM
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install macam.. then any shitty $10 webcam (from dealextreme.com) will work.
Alternatively I'm told that the xbox 360 webcams work natively on macs - but not sure about whether or not they'll work in Tiger.
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Old 19-11-2008, 05:31 PM
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I will have a look at that but I forgot to mention that I want to use it with skype
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Old 19-11-2008, 05:51 PM
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i've seen several resellers stock the Logitech QuickCamฎ Vision Pro for Mac ( Product link: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/we.../4528&cl=au,en )

Works with 10.4.11... RRP is 229.95 but a quick check on staticice shows u can get it for less than that... Streetwise also lists the quickcam pro 9000 ( Streetwise Australia: Web Cameras ), so that might be a cheaper option..
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Old 19-11-2008, 05:52 PM
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Macam will work fine under skype, the xbox webcam will do nicely.
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Any webcam that says "Vista ready" should be UVC compliant, which means it should have native support in both 10.5.x and 10.4.(9?)+. The Xbox 360 cams are UVC, which is why they work natively. So are the Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000s.
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Have a look at the nice little one I found here. $25.
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Old 22-11-2008, 02:52 PM
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I have a Quickcam Pro 9000 and it works with everything with Macam installed, most things without.
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