PowerBoost is an add-on for iChat AV that makes multi-party conferences possible from any Mac. It also enables Photo Booth effects on all Macs running Leoapard's iChat 4. (Sorry, no back-drop effects.)Have you ever wondered if your iBook, PowerBook, iMac G4, eMac or G4 tower has what it takes to host or participate in a multi-person conference? Harness and focus the power of your G4 processor to bring your family and friends together. Invite up to 10 iChat users to an audio conference. Host a 3-way or 4-way video chat.Additionally, PowerBoost lets Power PC and Intel Core Solo owners take advantage of the Photo Booth effects offered by Leopard's iChat 4. (Mac OS X 10.5 required.) Why should Intel Core Duo owners have all the fun? (Sorry, but "back-drop effects" will still be unavailable.)
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This product allowed my iChat running on a 17" PB 1.33GHz to transparently run a multi video chat without any problem. Work as expected.
Only works on certain ISP's
xmrocks
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I've found that through testing on two different ISP's that it doesn't work on one of them. This could be a limitation of the one ISP (though bandwidth is certainly not a problem and the IT Dept. says they aren't limiting bandwidth or anything as such). Overall, it's a nice application but definitely try it before buying.
about time
Douglas Weiss
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />When I purchased Tiger I was greatly dissappointed that I could not do multi video chat on Ichat a/v. I have a Powerbook G4 12" 867mhz 1GB ram with iSight. With Powerboost that is ancient history. Works great. Well worth the $8.
Would reccommend to anyone in my position. Sure saved me allot of money cause I was about to upgrade my Powerbook to a 1.5Ghz model. Now I think I will wait for the G5.