Video Conferencing with iSight and PCs (logitech)

I'm new to all this VC stuff and just bought an iSight and wish to vid conf with my dad and brother. They are both at different locations and I need a tudoring or manual of some type. Any help? For starters, so I need a .mac account to conference with PCs?
Thanks,
Steven

I need a tudoring or manual of some type.If you need more help that you can get from your Mac's
iChat > Help > iChat Help menu choice or from
Apple's on-line iChat Tutorial,
see Using iSight with iChat AV.
... so I need a .mac account to conference with PCs?So no. Either dot Mac or a free AIM Name will work.
See Mac Video Chat with PCs for "how-to" info.

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b iChat > Help > iChat Help
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conferencing capabilities to stay in contact with all
my unfortunate Windows using relatives.
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Hi,
Welcome to the Apple Discussion Pages
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