iSight

[silvarios]

tuqqer wrote:
I never got why Apple suddenly stopped selling them. The demand is bigger now than ever.

All the laptops and the iMac come with an integrated webcam. Seems silly to sell one just to support the Mac mini and Mac Pro. Especially now that a number of displays integrate a webcam.

[steve...]

I never got why Apple suddenly stopped selling them. The demand is bigger now than ever.

Wasn't there something used in the manufacturing that was toxic or otherwise undesirable?

[silvarios]

steve... wrote: Wasn't there something used in the manufacturing that was toxic or otherwise undesirable?

I remember the same thing. Mercury? Lead? Something.

[space-time]

I believe it was As

[StingMe]

space-time wrote: I believe it was As

That's probably true; until recently arsenic was used in lots of glass optics...I think manufacturers stopped using it around the same time that the RoHS directive took effect (2006).

I'm not too worried arsenic poisoning due to iSight use though