new iMac lacking sound-in port

2002-01-09 Thread John Bussell
Hi All My enthusiasm for the new iMac has now been tempered somewhat after looking at the techspecs and pictures (http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html). Judging from this, these wondrous new machines do not have sound in capacity other than the built in mic. One of my favourite things with

Re: new iMac lacking sound-in port

2002-01-09 Thread Shaun Procter
Not sure why Apple has taken this approach but it is a real pain. They dropped the sound-in port on the G4 last year.. now you need to buy a USB microphone ie. iMic which go for around $90 (Aus) Plus you have to set the sound input to the iMic each time you want to use it (if you have