At MacWorld Expo in August, Apple unveiled what it claims are the first personal computers with built-in conferencing features. Apple Media Conference, a QuickTime conferencing application, will be bundled with the new Power Mac 7500 and 8500.
Though the software works with the PlainTalk microphone supplied with the computer, you must add an NTSC analog-output camera for videoconferencing. Plain document conferencing works right out of the box. Apple claims the product has whiteboarding features, but we weren't able to see how the quality compares with that of the Windows-based products we tested.
The new Power Macs start at $1699. Apple says it will offer an upgrade kit for current Power Mac owners in the first qua
rter of 1996.
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