05-08-2008 11:53

You arrogant MacTards think the world revolves around your little MINORITY platform, Hats off to Logitech for charging you MacTards a 30% premium, hey after all your uncle Stevie Gods charges you a 75% Mac Premium for your Apple Made in China garbage anyway!

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04-08-2008 21:44

Well, after dragging their heels, Officials in Logitech's Forums - after being rather cagey and unclear at first - now flatly state the Vision Pro for Mac internals ARE VERY DIFFERENT than the 9000's. The AutoFocus function and RightLight2 is *completely implemented in HARDWARE* (unlike the 9000 which requires software - and no Mac version exists.)  
 
So in a nutshell, the guts of this new Vision Pro model take webcam engineering to a new level. While the 9000 is still a very high quality, driverless UVC webcam on the Mac, it only acts as a good FIXED-FOCUS cam. And while the 9000 or any of their RightLight2 cams have good light sensitivity, without Mac drivers its been reported the frame-rate drops significantly in low-light situations. 
 
The only other webcam on the market I'm aware of that implements hardware-based functions like auto-focus is HP's top-of-the-line Elite webcam. I just bought one and I'm particularly impressed with it's auto color-balance and light-response.  
 
So what's the Take-Away from all this? 1. That the Quickcam Vision Pro for Mac delivers what people wanting a top-quality USB webcam asked for - and they're more than happy to pay extra to get it. 2. That because it's UVC compliant and hardware based - there's nothing really Mac-specific about the cam at all other than it's name. Reviewers of this cam who tested it on Windows systems rave about it's quality and response. 3. That inevitably, Logitech will release a successor to the 9000 Pro using this new hardware, give it a slightly different name and packaging for the PC market - and bump up the list price... :)

Guest

13-07-2008 14:09

I went to http://www.mac-compatible-web-cam.com/ and the link there is to Amazon and a Logitech webcam with the number 960-000254. The new "mac only" webcam announce at the end of June seems to have product number 960-000341 and isn't yet available. Have I got this wrong and does it make any difference?

Guest

10-07-2008 11:33

Until proven otherwise: This seems to be only a MARKETING and PRODUCT PACKAGING 'breakthrough' from Logitech. JoshMeister's post is correct - Identical tech specs and 'No drivers needed' publicly stated in their support area. Still I'm featuring the cam at http://www.mac-compatible-web-cam.com/ - Some consumers are going to WANT this 'reassurance' - and many will pay the price premium. Perhaps Logitech will use the revenue to write special software for it. In the meantime, http://www.ecamm.com/ and their $10 iGLASSES webcam app is a GREAT utility for any Mac UVC webcam - or iSight.

Guest

01-07-2008 15:51

Hmm. Fishy indeed. I went to the Logitech site and they don't have Mac drivers for the 9000, *nor* for the Vision Pro because "This product uses native driver support on a Mac. No Logitech Mac Software is available or required." Native driver support? No additional software is required? If that's the case, and if the 9000 is really the same hardware, why wouldn't the 9000 work "natively" on Mac OS X, too? Surely there must be some kind of hardware difference between the two products.

Registered

30-06-2008 06:53

What does "Mac only" mean when its the same price as the PC version ?

Guest

28-06-2008 11:20

It's nice to finally get peripherals for the Mac but it sucks to see that Logi's trying to make a quick one off Mac users.  
 
But they aren't the first guys to make Mac only peripherals - I picked up a Razer DeathAdder for the Mac online recently - awesome mouse! What's more awesome is that it's Mac only and is priced the same as the PC version.

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