iChat Loves iTunes (5)

Posted May 5th, 2005 in Mac Geekery
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Sent in by my friend Jason Fields

The Tiger treasures continue to surprise us as we find out that the new iChat has a built in feature that can set the current iTunes track as your available message. Although, this feature has been available through third party applications before Tiger, Apple took it a step further by adding a Link Button next to it. Just like the one in iTunes, it takes you to the iTunes Music Store directly to the artist’s album page ready for you to “Buy”. This is a great feature that will allow people to preview what their friends are listening too and even purchasing it on the spot. Great iLfe integration, kudos for Apple. It would be great if a future version can include the icon of the album as my buddy icon as well. ;-)

Ichat Music Button

Itunes Ichat Selection

The very hungry iChatpillar (2)

Posted May 4th, 2005 in Mac Geekery
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Minimum requirements for 4-way video conferences

  Good Better Best
Window Size (in pixels) 352 x 288, up to full screen 352 x 288, up to full screen 352 x 288, up to full screen
Video Resolution (in pixels) 80 x 60 per person 160 x 120 per person 320 x 240 per person
To Initiate System Required Dual 1 GHz G4, any G5 Dual 1 GHz G4, 1.8 GHz G5 Dual 2 GHz G5
Bandwidth Required 384 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) 600 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) 1500 Kbps Internet connection (up/down)
To Participate System Required 1 GHz G4, dual 800 MHz G4, or any G5 1 GHz G4, dual 800 MHz G4, or any G5 Any G5
Bandwidth Required 100 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) 200 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) 500 Kbps Internet connection (up/down)

Thank you Steve for forgetting to mention the minimum requirements for iChat for 4-way video conferencing when you demoed it.