John O's Profile

  • Dec 31, 1969
  • 3
  • 0

Latest comments made by: John O

  • Furthermore, if, as Steve Jobs has been quoted as saying, iTunes for Windows is a trojan horse to sell more iPods, then iChat AV for Windows would be a trojan to sell more iSights. With a key difference: iPods are designed for individual users. iSights are meant to be used collaboratively. So having iChat/iSight available for Windows would actually sell more iSights both to Mac and Windows users. I've demoed my iSight to my PC-using colleagues ... and I know that several of them would love to have an iSight for their PCs. And I'd suddenly have a lot more people with whom to do video chats.
    John O had this to say on Dec 05, 2003 Posts: 3
    Apple To Port More Apps To Windows? NEVER!
  • In the Mac world, iSight does require a 600 MHz G3 or better (according to apple.com/isight) and a FireWire port. I hope there's nothing proprietary inside a Mac which is required for the iSight to work. Apple's requirements for iPods for Windows generally just say you gotta have a PC with FireWire (or USB 2.0) and at least a certain version of the Windows OS. My thinking is this: If Apple can support iPods for PCs with FireWire, why not the iSight for PCs with FireWire? Apple should build whatever's needed software-wise into iChat AV for Windows, just as they did with iTunes for Windows.
    John O had this to say on Dec 05, 2003 Posts: 3
    Apple To Port More Apps To Windows? NEVER!
  • iChat AV. Apple should give us iChat AV for Windows. Bundle it with every iSight at no extra cost, and in one fell swoop the world would have an easy, high-quality videoconferencing standard at a very reasonable cost. iChat AV should be to the iSight what iTunes is to the iPod.
    John O had this to say on Dec 05, 2003 Posts: 3
    Apple To Port More Apps To Windows? NEVER!