Macbook iSight camera.

I am looking to buy a macbook laptop for xmas 07.I was wondering though..How well do the built in iSight webcams work?.. apparently they are great,what do you all think? and also .. Does the built in camera work with MSN on the mac? Thanks for your help and time
Andrew
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They are very nice. Much better than USB cams that are out there. However MSN for Mac doesn't support video but there's an alternative. You might have a look at Mercury Messenger which is a Java based MSN client that supports video.

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radarina wrote:
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