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Summary: Chatting and talking with your friends has never been easier. Learn how the Apple MacBook Air laptop's built-in video camera will let you not just chat but also see all your closest friends in this free video.
Brandon Karon works for Florida's largest premier Apple reseller. Brandon is an Apple specialist and has been an Apple sales professional for over two years. He is also an A and...read more
"BRANDON KARON: The MacBook Air also has a built-in iSight camera which is a web camera. It also has a built-in microphone and speakers so you can do videoconferencing, let's say maybe with a business partner or even your friend. All you need is you need iChat or an AOL Instant Messenger account. And what's cool with the MacBook Air is normally the web cameras are huge. I mean, they're not, yehey big, or I know they make smaller ones now for laptops that clip on the top but this guy's incorporated right into the thin monitor. It's great. Let me just open up iChat here. I had it minimized. And here, one of my friends is on, so I kind of--I have him right here. Now, I'm communicating with him--let me turn the volume up. All right, say "hi." Now say it again. I have my volume up. FRIEND: Hello, how are you Brandon? BRANDON KARON: No problem. Ah--great. FRIEND: That's great. That's good--It's good to hear it. BRANDON KARON: Yeah, so this is a-- FRIEND: Can I borrow your car later? BRANDON KARON: Yeah, right. Yeah, so this is a good example of how to use the MacBook Air. So now notice he's outside. He can run around with the computer. And this right here is a good example of how to use the MacBook Air with the videoconferencing."
eHow Article: The MacBook Air iSight Video Camera