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Why isn't Photo Booth free?

I inevitably ended up playing around with Photo Booth for a while. As much as I wanted to hate it as a frivolous bit of code on my new iMac, I have to agree with Scott. It's a cool little app.

I also have to ask... why doesn't Apple release this for everyone? I mean, it's not a part of iLife (nor is Front Row). Why is Apple only offering these programs with new hardware? I'd think giving them away for free would be good karma for Apple.

I inevitably ended up playing around with Photo Booth for a while. As much as I wanted to hate it as a frivolous bit of code on my new...
 

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julie

does any one know another version of photobooth for non mac users!! i love the program but i own a pc.. and i want to use the program!

March 06 2006 at 7:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mac dude

srry m8 but here u have the link to download photo booth ... i arealy try'd it and it is great! have funn

http:// downloads.skyzyx.com/index.php?fpp=20&did=7-1&fid=10

January 25 2006 at 4:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Richard Ashe

You could try Bittorrent

January 19 2006 at 6:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ZmacMan

I have it running on my dual 2 G5... with an iSight. Apple should bundle it as a 'nice to have' app on there OSX OS DVDs or bundle it with iSight. I'm sure that eventually, future displays from Apple will all include the iSight. Seems to be the direction they're heading.

January 19 2006 at 12:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Piff

This is the right WebcamTweaker url:

http://www.tweakersoft.com/webcamtweaker.html

Ciao

January 19 2006 at 8:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Piff

You can try my app: WebcamTweaker http://www.tweakersoft.com/webcamtweaker.html
it
is similar to PhotoBooth but adds dynamics effects and movie recording (and the possibility to create your own effect).

January 19 2006 at 8:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris Clark

Dominik Wagner nailed it: both apps run like crap on G4s, and run even worse on machines with video cards below spec. Making them freely available would only draw the ire of a million people with slightly-too-old computers.

January 18 2006 at 11:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rmpmw

I using the internet versions of Photobooth & Front Row
on my 2005 iMac G5 And Both work great!

January 18 2006 at 9:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dominik Wagner

If you ever played with PhotoBooth on older hardware (and by that I mean iMac G5 and PowerBook G4 Alu) you understand why it isn't downloadable. The performance is abysmal, as PhotoBooth relies on Quartz Composer and core video, both of which need very recent graphics cards. It's just no fun on the other machines.

January 18 2006 at 6:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Natrino

I am surprised it doesn't ship with iSights. I had never thought of the Core Image involvement, though.

January 18 2006 at 6:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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