IMac G5 (iSight) - My daughter can't make a video diary.

I bought a 17" iMac (iSight) to my daughter because you can record iSight (for video diary) and use it with 3:d party MSN. It looked good because if the web cam will work with iMovie it will work with the 3:d party MSN videoconference.
We found out a few hours ago that the built in iSight will not work with iMovie so I have finally got my daughter to sleep. Does anyone know if Apple will make this work or do I have to buy her a compatible computer?
She is only 11 and I can really understand her tears and her disappointment. I feel really guilty because I talked her into an iMac (iSight).
She thought the computer looked really good with just a tiny hole and no ugly camera, speakers or microphone.
Can anyone help a father in distress? Please! I have really let her down.

I am sorry to hear of your daughter's disappointment. I can appreciate your situation.
Unfortunately Apple decided to interface the built-in iSight through the USB ports instead of the FireWire ports.
iMovie, and most other Digital Video (DV) software expects the signal to come through the FireWire ports. This is where the regular iSight is interfaced.
There was a work around mentioned in another thread by "viper0066 "
The discussion is at:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1004710
Just in-case I didn't copy the link right, viper0066 said:
---- Begin Quote ----
"You can capture from the built-in iSight under the following conditions:
1. Plug-in a separate FW deck/cam, and power it up such that it's output is recognized and displayed in iMovie.
2. Power-off the deck/cam, or just unplug it.
Very shortly thereafter, iMovie should display the output from the built-in iSight, and iSight's green activity light should come on.
I found this out just today - quite by chance. Be a little careful, it's a temporary session. As soon as you go to your clips or timeline, the built-in iSight link is gone, until you repeat steps 1 and 2 above again. "
---- end quote ----
Hope this helps you out.

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