Video iChat with Leopard on iMac G4

Hi I was wondering if it would be better to get an older version of iChat for an iMac 1.25GHz G4 instead of the current version that comes with Leopard. I was looking at the system requirements w\ iChat in Leopard and it looks like the picture would be 160 by 120, which wouldn't even be worth the price of an iSight camera. Any info?

Have you asked the iChat gurus in the iChat discussion area?

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