Real resolution of our iSight cameras

Hi, this may surprise you. Our iSight cameras are much more powerful than 640x480 pixels
Yet there are too many models (or not really too many, just i don't have too much money to buy them all and test). So i would like someone (may be a Mac technician) to clarify this for us.
What are the resolutions of the MacBook and MacBook Pro iSight cameras respectively?
They all can only take 640x480px photos by the native software. But the videos are having higher resolution. Mentioned in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISight#Built-in_iSight) that the MacBook Pros sensor has a capability of 1280x1024px. Is it true for all 13", 15" and 17" models? And also is it true for all generations of MacBook Pro? Does ordinary MacBook also have 1280x1024px sensors?
Open for testing and discussions
andy

in my experience to digital cameras, most digital pictures won't look perfect if we view them in original dimensions. Of course those top cameras are exception. The images look much better if we shrink it to a smaller size. Blur will not be easily seen. i guess this may be the reason for this design.
Yet if we can take 1280x1024 pixel pictures with our Macs, it must be fun
1280x1024 means 1.3 mega pixels!

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