- For any audio-only chats, you'll need an iSight or any microphone.
- For any video conferencing, you'll need a microphone and a camera. What kind of camera? An iSight or any FireWire-based camera, including digital video (DV) camcorders. DV camcorders require a G5 or G4 processor-based Macintosh.
Please note that "any G5" references below mean any G5 processor-based Mac (either single- or dual-processor G5).
Minimum requirements for audio conferencing
| 1-to-1 Audio Chat | 10-Person audio conference | ||
| To Initiate | System required | Any G3, G4, G5 or Intel processor | 1 GHz G4, dual 800 MHz G4, any G5, any Intel |
| Bandwidth required | 56 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) | 128 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) | |
| To Participate | System required | Any G3, G4, G5 or Intel processor | Any G3, G4, G5 or Intel processor |
| Bandwidth required | 56 Kbps dial-up connection | 56 Kbps dial-up connection | |
Minimum requirements for 1-to-1 video conferencing
| Good | Better | Best | |
| Video resolution (in pixels) | 160-by-120 | 320-by-240 | 640-by-480 |
| System required | 600 MHz G3, any G4, any G5, or any Intel | 1.8 GHz G5, 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo | 1.83 Intel Core Duo |
| Bandwidth required | 100 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) | 500 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) | 900 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) |
Minimum requirements for 4-way video conferencing
| Good | Better | Best | ||
| Video resolution (in pixels) | 80-by-60 | 160-by-120 | 320-by-240 | |
| To initiate | System required | Dual 1 GHz G4, any G5, any Intel | Dual 1 GHz G4, 1.8 GHz G5, 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo | Dual 2 GHz G5, 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo |
| Bandwidth required | 384 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) | 600 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) | 1500 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) | |
| To participate | System required | 1 GHz G4, dual 800 MHz G4, any G5, or any Intel | 1 GHz G4, dual 800 MHz G4, any G5, 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo | Any G5, 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo |
| Bandwidth required | 100 Kbps dial-up connection | 200 Kbps dial-up connection | 500 Kbps broadband Internet connection | |
About good, better, and best video modes
Frame rate and video resolution settings are automatically optimized based on your available bandwidth and computer's processing power. There isn't a way to manually jump from one mode to another.