If you are looking for an expensive webcam, search some more...This Quickcam does not look like the picture (see the customer image instead), is cheaply made and is not very functional either. It will not stay on the base = hassle, especially if you want to use it with a laptop. The set up took some figuring out. The manual (even though it comes in 16 languages!) is not intuitive/detailed enough. The image quality is just OK. I have seen better since (other Skype users) and wish I bought something else...