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<blockquote data-quote="walkerj" data-source="post: 626405" data-attributes="member: 9385"><p>Hey, don't knock eBay all that much. Sure I got slightly ripped off on an auction once (it was a 'collection' of anime videos that turned out to be what the seller was claiming...except it was in the form of episodes taped off of the SciFi Channel....badly) but other than that I've had good experiences with it since. I bought computers, miscellaneous items; heck, the <strong>car</strong> I'm currently driving was originally bought off eBay by my parents a few years ago. They've since sold it to me and it's still running strong.</p><p></p><p>But yes, if you're impatient then you might want to go a different route. I don't recall which models came with the built-in iSight, but if you want one of those to go with your budget Mac you can always get an external iSight off of, well, eBay! <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Innocent.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="O:)" title="Innocent O:)" data-shortname="O:)" /> </p><p></p><p>Or you can get a RocketFish USB webcam. It's Mac compatible, is USB, and I went that route to get my parents video equipped with the original non-camera equipped Mac Mini that I passed down to them after we got our Macbooks. At $50 they are relatively cheap at that.</p><p></p><p>Budget notwithstanding, I highly recommend trying to shoot for an Intel Mac if you can. The PPC macs were just fine, but the Intels, <em>any</em> Intel Mac is going to have more 'staying power' as software companies start releasing 'Intel Only' apps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walkerj, post: 626405, member: 9385"] Hey, don't knock eBay all that much. Sure I got slightly ripped off on an auction once (it was a 'collection' of anime videos that turned out to be what the seller was claiming...except it was in the form of episodes taped off of the SciFi Channel....badly) but other than that I've had good experiences with it since. I bought computers, miscellaneous items; heck, the [B]car[/B] I'm currently driving was originally bought off eBay by my parents a few years ago. They've since sold it to me and it's still running strong. But yes, if you're impatient then you might want to go a different route. I don't recall which models came with the built-in iSight, but if you want one of those to go with your budget Mac you can always get an external iSight off of, well, eBay! O:) Or you can get a RocketFish USB webcam. It's Mac compatible, is USB, and I went that route to get my parents video equipped with the original non-camera equipped Mac Mini that I passed down to them after we got our Macbooks. At $50 they are relatively cheap at that. Budget notwithstanding, I highly recommend trying to shoot for an Intel Mac if you can. The PPC macs were just fine, but the Intels, [I]any[/I] Intel Mac is going to have more 'staying power' as software companies start releasing 'Intel Only' apps. [/QUOTE]
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