Built-in iSight requires reboot before every use

It seems that I can use my iSight immediately after a reboot, but once I sleep & rewake my computer or run other applications (vmware, imovie - pretty much anything) the iSight stops working.
Now, I get that rebooting seems to be a solid fix for this...but seriously...most of the time I want to use my iSight it is just SO not worth closing out all my apps and restarting - it's faster to go dig up my digital camera, take a pic, and upload it. Half the reason I bought a mac was so I wouldn't have to restart all the time.
The iSight disfunctionality is a HUGE disappointment that would have seriously made me question whether I wanted to invest in a mac or not, had I known upfront. Oddly, I took it for granted because camera's really aren't complex or cutting edge devices...how has Apple failed to fix this so far?
Is there ANY way I can "unplug" and "replug" (eg, restart) my built-in iSight WITHOUT rebooting my MBP?
Please advise
Thanks

I have reset the PMU twice and have reset PRAM (holding down apple-option-p-r at startup),I have also repaired disk permissions on my startup disk.
I can get access to the built-in isight for photobooth and other apple applications but as soon as I try to enable it in VMWare Fusion it stops the VMWare machine (Windows Vista) from booting until I disconnect the iSight from VMWare.
The iSight then disappears from the available hardware in VMWare Fusion (so I cannot reconnect it in Fusion) and I cannot access the iSight in any Apple application.
I have Applecare... I think I'll see if I can get any help there.

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Simple question with a not so simple answer.
(a) If you mean that you want to run multiple apps simultaneously using a different camera with each app, you may encounter computing power limitations. Digital video is processor intensive. The only way to know if your Mac can do this it to try it. If the video does not work together but each app works when it it the only app running, you are likely overloading your Mac's ability to process and/or move all the required data in your data bus. You can get a better indication of whether this is the case by watching your Activity Monitor utility while running the apps you want to use.
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By Default iChat will choose the camera listed in the iChat menu > Preferences > Video section > camera drop down.
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