Using ichat on a mac and wanting to video chat to someone using a pc

i have a macbook pro and heard that using i chat i can video chat to my friends who all use pc's. that's fine but what software will they need to install to talk back... or can install some other software to get my camera working to video chat with them. i was chatting to a friend using skype the other night... i could see them but i couldn't get my camera to work through skype for them to see me... any and all suggestions will be greatly received. rich

See http://www.mvldesign.com/videoconferencetutorial.html
You might be better off using Skype.
Mac version http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/download/skype/macosx/
Pc http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/download/skype/windows/
Or web based http://www.mebeam.com/
Also now with gtalk video if you have a gmail account http://mail.google.com/videochat

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