New iSight?

[StarbucksSam]

I just sold my old iSight because I was not expecting to get a computer that can handle it so well until later this year... it was the equivalent to pawning it... i sold it and then I figured I'd get a new one when I could afford it in August because i wanted new sunglasses.

Oops. LOL. Well now I want one for my Powerbook. BUT... I am wondering if they'll update them. I don't need it for a WHILE. Therefore, I don't mind holding off if it makes sense.

 

[superbovine]

I just sold my old iSight because I was not expecting to get a computer that can handle it so well until later this year... it was the equivalent to pawning it... i sold it and then I figured I'd get a new one when I could afford it in August because i wanted new sunglasses.

Oops. LOL. Well now I want one for my Powerbook. BUT... I am wondering if they'll update them. I don't need it for a WHILE. Therefore, I don't mind holding off if it makes sense.

search the forums... the date is out there...

 

[StarbucksSam]

I just searched and found nothing relevant. Can someone please clue me in?

 

[snkTab]

Me too, I haven't read anything about a iSight update. Would like to.

 

[JackSYi]

They updated them earlier this year, I think it was February or something. I bought mine a few weeks ago at the edu price, its a thing of beauty. Technological art.

 

[snkTab]

Thats good news, I got mine late March.

 

[superbovine]

They updated them earlier this year, I think it was February or something. I bought mine a few weeks ago at the edu price, its a thing of beauty. Technological art.

https://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/03/20050301094351.shtml

 

[mkrishnan]

Okay, with all apologies to SuperBovine, and for being super super ultra really very dense, I read the thread and I still don't get it. So in March, there was a new part number, with delivery starting two weeks from the beginning of March? Is there anything actually different about this part number than the previous one? The iSight changed P/N's once already, just so that the mount could change to accommodate the new ACDs. AFAICS, there's no information about whether/when/if a substantive update to the iSight is due.

 

[Bear]

Okay, with all apologies to SuperBovine, and for being super super ultra really very dense, I read the thread and I still don't get it. So in March, there was a new part number, with delivery starting two weeks from the beginning of March? Is there anything actually different about this part number than the previous one?

They removed a mount from the kit. Similiar ti the previous change which was to add a mount to the kit.

Apple did release a firmware update for the iSight which improved a few things in it. I'm not sure if the iSight really needs revisions. Just a lower price.

 

[mkrishnan]

They removed a mount from the kit. Similiar ti the previous change which was to add a mount to the kit.

Hehehe....nice. Thanks, Bear!

 

[StarbucksSam]

So I should buy one?

 

[mkrishnan]

So I should buy one?

If you buy it now, will you use it now? Or do you really literally mean that there is a time in the near future when you will use it heavily, but it will sit in a box until then? If the former, why not? 'Sides ....think of it this way: even if they are upgraded substantially, you might not get a lot of benefit from it unless all the people you iChat AV with are also using the new one. Is *that* going to happen?

 

[ChoMomma]

StarbucksSam....

Feeling kinda bad now man

But I'm enjoying the iSight too much to feel really bad

Oh and just to sweeten my super busy overloaded spring.. I won a Powerbook at the Apple Store in the Arden Fair mall here in Sacramento, Ca.

So the "new" iSight is definitely coming in handy.

Thanks again

 

[Fredstar]

The iSights are majorly overpriced- i am waiting till after WWDC for perhaps a second gen one or a price drop. You can get the same specs web cam for as little as £15-25, yet Apple put it in a sexy enclosure and charge £100. Can you imagine their profit margins??

 

[Abstract]

Name some good alternatives out there, please? I have never done research on webcams and don't know what is good and what isn't. All I have ever used is the Logitech one, but I was always under the illusion/delusion that the iSight was actually better than the competition by far, and now you're saying it isn't.

 

[Fredstar]

Name some good alternatives out there, please? I have never done research on webcams and don't know what is good and what isn't. All I have ever used is the Logitech one, but I was always under the illusion/delusion that the iSight was actually better than the competition by far, and now you're saying it isn't.

Specification wise the isight has the same technology as other cameras that sell for far less. All Apple have done is put it in a sexy shell and has a mount kit for Macs. Being an Apple owner, i don't mind at all paying the premium for quality and OSX but the iSight is really taking the piss with its £100 price tag. £60 is a fair price for it.

 

[munkle]

Failing a significant price drop they should start selling the iSight in special bundles - 2 for £150 say. I love the AV capabilities of iChat but not enough people have iSights.

 

[aswitcher]

The iSights are majorly overpriced- i am waiting till after WWDC for perhaps a second gen one or a price drop. You can get the same specs web cam for as little as £15-25, yet Apple put it in a sexy enclosure and charge £100. Can you imagine their profit margins??

Yeah, I am expecting a price drop sometime. I wonder of the year of HD will see an improved iSight at WWDC - bigger CCD, zoom wide angle etc...

Maybe they will have a Pro and an i version, dropping the current "i" version in price

 

[Fredstar]

Yeah, I am expecting a price drop sometime. I wonder of the year of HD will see an improved iSight at WWDC - bigger CCD, zoom wide angle etc...

Maybe they will have a Pro and an i version, dropping the current "i" version in price

Now if Steve brought out a high def iSight camera selling at £100, that would sell very well!! haha. Seriously though a few improvements wouldn't go a miss, if no new Powerbooks are introduced at WWDC it looks like Steve will bring a variety of accessory upgrades, so here is hoping for a iSight 2nd generation.
I want to do video chats with my family in Holland and around the country, but i am definately waiting till after WWDC till i buy an iSight - be it a new one or a big price drop. I am not gonna tell Apple that they can continue rip people off with the iSights by buying an iSight at £99.