[iBook] Video conf on iBooks

[Tom Legare]

I haven't seen this come up before, but I've got to believe this topic is
coming more and more of a curiousity for us iBook owners looking to video
conference with our Windows long lost cousins.

My iBook is only a G3/500, so iChat A/V will not let me hook up an iSight
camera.

Now I have done video many times in the Windows world, and these are the
combinations that seem to work:

AIM: You can do video if you are running Windows XP only
MSN Messenger: You can do video if you are running Windows 2000 or Windows
XP

So...my questions are:

1. Will any generic USB or Firewire camera work with my iBook 500 with
iSight since Apple¹s iSight camera requires at least an iBook 600?
2. I don¹t see any video conferencing option in Mac¹s MSN Messenger (ver
4.0.1 currently), will MSN Messenger for Mac do video?
3. What have people found is the best option for Mac to Mac video
conferencing if you can¹t use iChat A/V?
4. What have people found is the best option for Mac to Windows video
conferencing... MSN Messenger?  AIM?  Is there a Windows version of iChat
A/V? 
5. What potholes should I be aware of?

Thanks!

Tom



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