Apple has debuted a new “Get a Mac” ad – at least online (seen at Wired.com, CNN.com, NBC.com, and others) – that focuses on the various Apple Macs’ built-in iSight:
Apple’s new “Get a Mac” iSight ad:
Direct link to video via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xuzY4VFlkA
The video is not yet available via Apple.com’s “Get a Mac” ads section: http://www.apple.com/getamac/
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “jocogopher” for the heads up.]
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They made PC look like a Teletubbie.
it is the best yet, PC looks pathetic
That’s as good as the home movie video (with the PC movie a guy in drag).
hahahahahahahah LOL Funniest ever, I actually feel sorry for the guy
what about built into Cinema Displays too? Well?
Now if only they hadn’t discontinued the original iSight, the rest of us would be able to join in. I am seriously pissed off that this has quietly slipped off the market, and is now only available via Ebay at about twice the list price.
malthus
I second you opinion. Bring back the damn iSight.
They should do another another ad like this one, with firewire ports as the topic.
In the future, I’m hoping we can just leave an eye behind like in “The Brother from Another Planet”.
Thanks for the you tube version. My PC wife actually enjoys these ads a lot, believe it or not. heh.
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I LOVE that YouTube video quaity
Malthus and macromancer, I third that opinion. Give me an external iSight. Even if I had the latest and greatest machine, there are often times when you don’t want the camera pointing at you. I wanted to get: http://www.istopmotion.com/ for use with an iSight, but guess not.
I like how it reflects that most IT people “get it” too. OK, make that some. But more are catching on.
Try the Logitec Quickcam for notebook Pro. The drivers are easy to find and picture quality is very good.
I use with my 15″ powerbook G4.
How embarrassing!
Thought Process – I assume you are being sarcastic.. All these people want YouTube functionality on the AppleTV but that quality would look horrible on a bigscreen.
I’m sure we’ll be seeing an updated iSight soon enough. For those of you lamenting the loss, you should have bought one earlier!
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My guess is we’ll see much smaller models that utilize the same optics as the built-in iSight cameras, only instead of sitting on top of your Cinema display or older iMac, you’ll be able to stick it on the front bezel wherever you want, ’cause it’ll be so tiny.
Either that or they’ll just build them into the Cinema displays and let third party vendors supply cameras to those who need an external one.
Yeah kinda cool. But then again a lot of my Friends use PCs, and they been happily video chatting away with Skype and Audio chatting with messenger or whatever else. And as soon as I joined on my Mac, the connection either broke, or didn’t work at all. I mean the whole iChat to PC conversation does not ‘just work’. It takes quite some effort to set up.
From Mac to Mac, no problem, but I’d still love to see iCaht with iSight just video chatting to PCs with no problem!
Randy
“Even if I had the latest and greatest machine, there are often times when you don’t want the camera pointing at you.”
Indeed. I also want it so I can have mmy folks point it at the screen so I can see what they are doing when they can’t figure something out. Im too cheap to buy both a camera and Remote Desktop.
I suspect though if Apple is now saying how bad it is to have a camera stuck on top of your machine that they are moving away from the standalone cameras. Sad. I really wanted one.
I’m also fed up there is no iSight any more. I bought a Logitech Quickcam Fusion to use with my G5 iMac (original – no camera) and I can’t find the drivers anywhere. Any ideas, anyone?
Macromancer – Wait until Leopard – You will be able to see their screen and actually control it through iChat – It will be much better res then them pointing the camera at the screen.
I’ve thought from the beginning that the “Get A Mac” ads are brilliantly understated. Their message is consistent, crystal clear and never in-your-face— perfect for a hot-potato proposition like getting people to switch computer platforms.
yeah, iChat is great. To talk to people on iChat.
Well, I can also IM. Woo hooo!
This one was good, but my favorite is the recent “Surgery” one:
“Whoa…talk about peripherals…”
> Now if only they hadn’t discontinued the original iSight
Keep an eye on the Apple Refurbished page. Some might show up later. Also, there are some alternatives for Firewire-based video cams, such as
http://www.unibrain.com/Products/VisionImg/Fire_i_DC.htm
Also, if your Mac has USB 2.0, the new USB webcams will probably work fine, which may be why Apple cancelled its Firewire webcam. They are a lot less expensive as well.