Looking for iSight

Hey. I just checked as of 7:50 PM on january 30th and iSights are MIA. There probably will be an new release, but keep and eye out, because look how sneaky the color shuffle release was! it will probably be WAAAAYYY smaller (look how thin the MacBook screen is!) and it will be USB. check apple system profiler on a macbook and the iSight is USB.

I can't think but there will be problems selling a camara that only works on Apple iChat. Apple needs a camara that works cross platform. After all are we going to be ok just conferances with a few of our Mac friends. At least for me, I'm not going to buy one until it works on Instant Messanger. I hope Apple get the message.

I live in the UK & ISiGHT's vanished from sale in September 2006. I have called Apple and visited Apple stores on several occasions. Nothing, nobody knows what is going on. All i have had is rumours of a new release in October & then November & then etc etc. Why can't Apple just say when or if they are releasing this product as a new variant. Is it that top secret! If i finally go and buy a third party device this week & then Apple release a new Isight in the New Year, Steve Jobs is going to get a smack.

The local Apple store in California that I go to is all out of iSights.

The way I see it is this - Apple is most likely going to release ACDs with built in iSights, sometime in the near future. However, I don't believe its the end for the stand-alone model. Most rational people do not want to buy a new display to have the built in iSight. laptops are a different story, since they are portable - ACDs however are a desktop commodity (or laptop accessory, which makes your laptop a sudo desktop I guess). I predict a smaller, updated iSight - possibly running off USB since Apple is moving a lot of stuff from Firewire to USB. This can also mean iChat will be more USB-friendly and the use of 3rd party cameras should increase.

All speculation of course. But the fact that iSight stock is running dry is a fact.

I hope they come out with something a little more realistic. Asking folks to pay $150(!) for a simple webcam, then locking iChat to artificially not work with other models always irritated me horribly. There were ways around it but it's been a symbol to me of the sort of thing that people really hate about Apple.

The $200 Airport Express base station is another that I'd like to see either sold with a non-insulting price tag or just dropped - I still hear Apple reps trying to push it on customers most times I'm in the Apple Store =)

I also noticed this on Saturday.my bestbuy just became an apple reseller of computers and now i went into to look they have the isight asessories but not the isight itself. they have a spot on the shelf for it but it was MIA.

I don't think apple will completely give up on external iSights.. isn't one of the 10 leopard features we know of ia an iChat upgrade. Wouldn't a better iChat mean better iSight sales?

iSight HD FTW!

iSight 2.0 has been rumored for nearly two years. I sold my original iSight back in November 2004 based on a rumor from Apple Insider. Needless to say, I'm still waiting! If Apple builds iSights into all new displays, will there be a need for a newer iSight cam? (Since all models would then have a built-in iSight)

Joram means iSight, not iPod obviously. ;) With almost the entire product line of Macs with built-in iSights, I'm not sure if putting out a new one for just Mac Pro users (and people with older Mac gear) is feasible.

Who knows what they're up to...