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#1
October 14th, 2005, 03:24 PM
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 Photo Booth and Front Row for all? I have a G4 iMac and an iSight... Does anyone know if Apple are going to make Photo Booth, and Front Row available without having to resort to buying a new G5 iMac? Would the G4 not be able to run Front Row (Graphic card issues?) They are going to sell the remote, but do not mention the software. Thanks, Westy  |
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#2
October 14th, 2005, 05:27 PM
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| As far as I have seen from Apple, this will only work nowwith the new iMac. It's possible that future Macs would have this ability (even without the iSight since the Mac mini would make a nice digital media hub when connected to a plasma or LCD HDTV), but that's just speculation off of the top of my head.  As for older Macs, unless it's an aftermarket add-on from third parties, I don't see this working on older Macs. And even if these options were available, it would only be for the faster Macs (possibly those that have the latest G4s and all the G5 machines). And yes, the vidcards would have to support stuff like Core Image and other features to handle the effects and the like.
__________________ • Apple iMac G5 17" (2 GHz G5) - Mac OS X 10.4.11 • Apple Macintosh Quadra 650 (33 MHz MC68040) - Mac OS 8.1 • Apple PowerBook Duo 230 (33 MHz MC68030) - System 7.1 • "JHVH-1" (2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+) - Slackware 12 • "Kiddiebuntu" (2.8 GHz Celeron D 335) - Ubuntu 7.10 |
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#3
October 14th, 2005, 06:02 PM
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| FrontRow may be linked to the screen ! iMac or Apple screen.
__________________ My current machine is an iMac Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 24" with MacOS X 10.5.1. My Apples are here. My oldest Apple was born in 1977. Surf my .mac web site. GS/P/>SS d-(++) s+: a+ C+(C) U* P L+ E--- W++ N- o+ K? w O-- M++ V PS+ PE+ Y- PGP t+ 5 X+ R tv-- b+++ DI++ D+ G e+++ h---- r+++ y? Time is not changing, I'm just traveling through time. |
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#4
October 15th, 2005, 03:00 AM
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| What does that mean? What do you mean linked to the screen? My G4 has a 20" display, the same as the G5s |
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#5
October 15th, 2005, 07:37 AM
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| aound the built in iSight is an infra-red sensor. your computer would have to have that infre-red receiver to use the rmote, and the software, and apple just isn't going to do that at the moment, certainly. it's a way of selling imacs. damn good one too. i was temtped.
__________________ Dual 1.8GHz G5 2GB, 1TB, Radeon 9600XT 128MB, 10.5 20" Apple Cinema Display + Dell 2005FPW 20" dual-head iBook G3 700MHz 640MB, 40GB, Rage128 16MB, 10.4, dying battery |
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#6
October 15th, 2005, 07:45 AM
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| I have the 17" 2 GHz model before this new one. To be honest, even after watching the video from Apple about the event I didn't covet the new iMac. I'm still in love with mine. It is a cool feature though, and like I said I wouldn't doubt if the mini somehow had this feature added in the future, as it would make a great media accessory to the digital home entertainment environment.
__________________ • Apple iMac G5 17" (2 GHz G5) - Mac OS X 10.4.11 • Apple Macintosh Quadra 650 (33 MHz MC68040) - Mac OS 8.1 • Apple PowerBook Duo 230 (33 MHz MC68030) - System 7.1 • "JHVH-1" (2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+) - Slackware 12 • "Kiddiebuntu" (2.8 GHz Celeron D 335) - Ubuntu 7.10 |
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#7
October 15th, 2005, 08:12 AM
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| I am very tempted too... Maybe a great marketing ploy. I will wait 'til Jan, and then go for a nice new 2.1 20" iMac (and |
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#8
October 15th, 2005, 08:51 AM
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| Just waiting for the X86 Mac mini.
__________________ My current machine is an iMac Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 24" with MacOS X 10.5.1. My Apples are here. My oldest Apple was born in 1977. Surf my .mac web site. GS/P/>SS d-(++) s+: a+ C+(C) U* P L+ E--- W++ N- o+ K? w O-- M++ V PS+ PE+ Y- PGP t+ 5 X+ R tv-- b+++ DI++ D+ G e+++ h---- r+++ y? Time is not changing, I'm just traveling through time. |
