Hello all,
I'm having a lot of trouble and I don't know what to do. I have a girlfriend who lives around 9 hours flight from me (
), and we'd love to be able to do a webcam chat. The problem is me and my Mac. We're not American, so we're not into the whole AOL craze, so no iChat for me. We'd like to both use MSN for this, mostly because MSN Messenger is the only thing she knows how to use, and anything else will confuse her.
I've tried Mercury for Mac, but neither of the webcams I tried so far have worked, and I don't know why. The one I thought would work.....the Logitech.......probably doesn't work because most Logitech webcams don't work with Mercury (or Macs in general) very well unless you get very specific models (all very expensive models, IMO). The thing is that the Logitech includes a CD that installs QuickCam 8.0 for Mac OSX, so it SHOULD support Macs, and yet it STILL doesn't work in Mercury.
Anyway, I was desperate so I installed VPC 6 and Windows XP (which came on the disk), and it has been hell. Neither my Logitech QuickCam or Samsung Trution webcam works in Windows XP! I thought this was the sure bet!!! I can't even install Windows Updates for my Windows XP. Does that indicate anything?? Since this WinXP came on the VPC 6 disk, who knows HOW old this version of Windows is. Or maybe the VPC version of WinXP doesn't accept webcams or installs/updates?
I'm thinking about buying a Macally IceCam, which should obviously work for Macs. However, seeing as how I thought any webcam would work on Windows, and they didn't, maybe I can't make these assumptions.
Should I buy it? Any other advice for me concerning webcams and VPC??
I'm having a lot of trouble and I don't know what to do. I have a girlfriend who lives around 9 hours flight from me (
), and we'd love to be able to do a webcam chat. The problem is me and my Mac. We're not American, so we're not into the whole AOL craze, so no iChat for me. We'd like to both use MSN for this, mostly because MSN Messenger is the only thing she knows how to use, and anything else will confuse her.I've tried Mercury for Mac, but neither of the webcams I tried so far have worked, and I don't know why. The one I thought would work.....the Logitech.......probably doesn't work because most Logitech webcams don't work with Mercury (or Macs in general) very well unless you get very specific models (all very expensive models, IMO). The thing is that the Logitech includes a CD that installs QuickCam 8.0 for Mac OSX, so it SHOULD support Macs, and yet it STILL doesn't work in Mercury.
Anyway, I was desperate so I installed VPC 6 and Windows XP (which came on the disk), and it has been hell. Neither my Logitech QuickCam or Samsung Trution webcam works in Windows XP! I thought this was the sure bet!!!
I can't even install Windows Updates for my Windows XP. Does that indicate anything?? Since this WinXP came on the VPC 6 disk, who knows HOW old this version of Windows is. Or maybe the VPC version of WinXP doesn't accept webcams or installs/updates?I'm thinking about buying a Macally IceCam, which should obviously work for Macs. However, seeing as how I thought any webcam would work on Windows, and they didn't, maybe I can't make these assumptions.
Should I buy it? Any other advice for me concerning webcams and VPC??