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Weblog:   iChat: Video Conferencing for the Rest of Them
Subject:   Hardware trailing software
Date:   2005-05-13 10:24:17
From:   sanchonevesgraca
It's not uncommon for new software packages to outstrip mainstream hardware. Multi-party video conferencing is certainly demanding in video processing. I sympathise with your position as my family and friends are also scattered around the globe. But I think if you went as far as arranging laptops for all your main buddies, a modern iMac would be a good investment to enable your four-way video chats. The iMac is the mainstream reference for Apple hardware, and it already sports a G5 processor.
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  • Antoine Quint photo Hardware trailing software
    2005-05-13 10:28:39  Antoine Quint | O'Reilly Blogger [Reply | View]

    Yeah, you're right that it's understandable that the hardware requirements for such a feature are high. I'm just disappointed that it didn't just work, guess I should have read that table at the bottom of iChat's product page and stop listen to the word of Steve.
    • Hardware trailing software
      2005-05-14 08:03:26  WillyChu [Reply | View]

      I'm a little unclear about the hardware requirement. If you have the right hardware to HOST a four-way video chat, what do the people you are video-chatting see, if they have slower CPU's such as a Powerbook? Do they see ALL THREE videos (plus one of themselves) just like the host or do they only see a one-on-one video with the host?
      • Here's what it looks like:
        2005-05-15 19:06:10  osviews.com [Reply | View]

        Apple has a page about how iChat works

        http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat/


        And also has a video which shows what it looks like:

        http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/ichat.html
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