Just getting started - coupla newbie questions

Please bear with me, I'm new to IM and iChat.
I may be jumping the gun a bit here, but I just wanted to ask a few very basic questions:
1) iChat is 'compatible' with AOL/AIM. I have a .mac account. If I use this as my IM account does it mean that I can chat with people from a Windoze machine by using AIM? If not, am I better setting up my IM account via AOL?
2) If I use my .mac account does it mean that anyone I chat to can also see my e-mail address?
3) If I set up a IM account via my .mac does it mean that I could chat to somebody when they are at work on a PC - perhaps if they are using AIM/AOL (my Mac is purely a personal computer that is at my home)
4) I've managed to set up my Sony DV camera as a webcam - the image is there on the screen when I launch iChat AV (with reference to my first question I think I set myself up via my .mac account). However, I noticed from the writing on my T-shirt that the image is reversed - the lettering was like I was looking in a mirror. Is this right? If not, how do I change it so that the video picture is the right way round?
This looks like a great way to keep in contact with friends and family. So much so that I think I'll be getting all my siblings and their children a webcam for Christmas. But I need ot make sure that they will be able to set themselves up easily and be able to communicate with a Mac user. On that note, if they are all PC/AIM users will I be able to see three images at once?
Thanks

HI TWH3,
1) Ralph Johns (UK), "FAQ 1: How do I Get Video and Audio Chats with PCs ?", 03:13pm Jul 25, 2004 CDT
2) Yes if this is your iChat name. Many people use a trial account that wil stop it's email functionality after 60 days or use and AIM name.
3) The .Mac names work with the AIM servers and anyone else who is connected to it (iChat, AIM, AOL package, Trilian on the AV side and many Text based clients that use the AIM servers like Proteus (Mac) AduimX etc)
4) Yes this is normal. It is the way Apple have choosen to do things. With a USB cam or an iSight there are two Add-on utilties that can flip the pic, http://www.ecamm.com/mac/ichatusbcam/ and iGlassses from the same site
Last question. At tis time you can not multichat to a PC AIM/AOL or Tillian user. This an Apple iChat to iChat only feature.
Ralph

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