Two MacBook Problems - Camera and Startup

Alright, I just got my MacBook recently, and I have two minor problems.
1) The camera. I open PhotoBooth, and it just shows a green screen. I used to be able to take pictures, but now all it does it show a green screen. And the green status light by the lens on the screen is on, and it won't turn off.
2) Slowness. Not majorly slow, it's just not going as fast as it did when I first got it, which was about four days ago. Startup is a bit slow, as is running programs. Can I do anything to resolve this?
Thanks very much!

Alright, I just got my MacBook recently, and I have
two minor problems.
1) The camera. I open PhotoBooth, and it just shows a
green screen. I used to be able to take pictures, but
now all it does it show a green screen. And the green
status light by the lens on the screen is on, and it
won't turn off.
2) Slowness. Not majorly slow, it's just not going as
fast as it did when I first got it, which was about
four days ago. Startup is a bit slow, as is running
programs. Can I do anything to resolve this?
Thanks very much!
as for the green screen this happened to me to on my imac
check here for everyone else who had this problem
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3570567#3570567
and for the slowness try this applications>utilities> disk utility> select ur hd (not the first one the bottom one) and verify disk permissions and repair them if neccessary
that might help

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