ISight only working with a few people.

ok. this problem is a little hard to explain....my iSight video chat occationally works with some people...and then sometimes it doesnt work. then there is this one person where video chat ALWAYS works. Then there are people that NEVER work on my isight video chat....
is there any way i can restart my isight or something? if so how? if not...what should i do to make it work better? also, me and my friend have a theory that black macbooks dont work as well as white ones...which is pretty stupid becuz black costs more than white.

Welcome to Apple Discussions, sight problem?!!
There is no separate procedure to "restart" iSight. iSight is the camera, and it is operated, including starting and stopping, by the software you use.
You can use Apple's How to Troubleshoot iSight article to find and fix common iSight issues. If your iSight works with any application in any user account, iSight is NOT your problem. Something else is causing your difficulty.
Both you and every friend that you connect with must meet all requirements for the software and systems you are using. If you are using Leopard's iChat 4, your system myst meet every one of these System Requirements for the kind of chat you want to do.
Other Applications You Can Use With iSight have different system requirements that will be explained in the documentations for those applications. If your chat friends are using different software than you do, they must meet the requirements for their systems.
If the above info does not help you, post back and answer the following numbered items:
(1) whether your problem is with your iSight or with some chat application.
(2) If iSight works, list which apps work with your iSight and
(3) which you have tried that do not work properly.
(4) Also, confirm whether the problem is EXACTLY the same when you try with another user account on your Mac.
(5) If the problem occurs ONLY with your chat app, post which chat app you are using.
(6) Tell us what computer, OS, and chat app (including version number) is being used by ONE of your chat buddies with whom you are having intermittent trouble. Trying to solve more than one connection problem simultaneously would be impossibly complicated.
(7) Describe the problem from (6) in as much detail as you can. (How many time have you tried to connect and how many of those were unsuccessful, does it connect and then fail or not connect at all, does your friend ever experience the same trouble with other chat buddies, has this problem just started or has it been like this since you first used this chat app, have you tried with any other chat apps to see if the problem is the same when using a different app, etc.)
Based on the details in your response, we will try to help you resolve the problem with this buddy. What you learn there may resolve your problem with some or all of your other chat contacts. If not, we can work on another after you get the first one working reliably.
EZ Jim
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