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Re: Videoconferencing help required...

said by lugnut :

It would be criminal to waste a $1500 iMac just for videoconferencing.

It would be less criminal to spend $600 on a Mac Mini, though.

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$600 for a Mac Mini plus $X for a quality HD webcam vs $200 for a low power Logitech turnkey solution? No brainer...
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Seriously if I really wanted to do this on the cheap and could afford to fart around with running a dedicated skype machine I'd probably use a Raspberry Pi and Linux on a flash drive and a stock webcam, but he needs something that just works and installed quickly with minimum muss and fuss. To save maybe an extra $100 it ain't worth the grief.

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said by lugnut :

$600 for a Mac Mini plus $X for a quality HD webcam vs $200 for a low power Logitech turnkey solution? No brainer...

A $600 Mac mini is a lot less than the $1500 iMac you were talking about before.