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styrafome 11-11-2006 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by mark hunte (Post 334027)
If apple introduce new Cinema Displays with Built in iSight (as I think thats the next obvious evolution to the Displays) how do you think they will handle the connections..
They'll just add the iSight to the FireWire bus already installed in the display for the display's two FireWire hub ports. The display's bus leads to the FireWire cable that branches off from the main display cable. Apple did the right thing by ditching ADC and putting standard DVI/USB/FireWire branches on the end of the integrated monitor cable.

DeltaMac 11-11-2006 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by styrafome (Post 334042)
They'll just add the iSight to the FireWire bus already installed in the display for the display's two FireWire hub ports. The display's bus leads to the FireWire cable that branches off from the main display cable. Apple did the right thing by ditching ADC and putting standard DVI/USB/FireWire branches on the end of the integrated monitor cable.
The present integrated iSight is USB, not FireWire - although the result is the same. It would simply be seen as another USB device, I suppose. A dedicated bus just for the camera would not be needed. It's certainly not a dedicated bus on those built-in to the other Macs.

styrafome 11-12-2006 12:18 AM
Right, that's why I said "added to" the bus. No new bus needed. USB or FireWire, they'd just need to patch it in and off they go.


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