Just starting out - how to connect iChat w/PC friends - video chat

Some members of the family are getting web cams for their Windows PCs and want to video chat with us. We are getting an iMac for Christmas and I've been reading about iChat in this forum and it appears there's a few options. I don't think any of our PC friends are set up yet on any service or system.
Does anyone have any suggestions about where to "nudge" the PC people? Towards AIM, which seems to have some native support for iChat, or towards a Jabber style service ??, or Yahoo or something else? We just want to do video/audio for occasional chats. What compatibility issues are there?
I suppose the best direction would be to get Macs for our friends, that will have to wait In the meantime, what service should I suggest to them so we can all chat together?
Thanks for any advice you can give
iMac 20"

Hi eric4_4,
The nudge can be in two directions.
AIM 5.9 for the PC
Or Trillian Pro at $25.
These are the two apps on a PC that can use the AIM servers.
These applications are not Microsoft ones and need to be enabled as Exceptions through the XP firewall. See here
Further and more detailed instruction on this can be found at http://www.mvldesign.com/videoconferencetutorial.html
The other Option is to both download either Skype or YakforFree. Both these apps need you to download the version for your computer type.
1:47 PM Wednesday; November 22, 2006

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