Whacky Webcams

[Chongo]

Okay, I hate these things so far.  My wife's parents got her one so they could see her pregnant belly while it grows by the second.  And by 'by the second' I mean the fists of fury I can see smashing against the walls of her belly.
 
 Here's the rub:
 
 - I run through a d-link router
 - They're on a mac, using ichat, and I'm on a PC
 - I'm using a logitech webcam 5000
 
 
 It's messing up everytime I try to connect.
 
 So my question - what's the best program to connect (ie the lightest running, least security compromising, easiest interface).  I loaded AIM earlier to try to placate them and it proceeded to rewrite the computer I pride myself on being safe, clean, and running light on programs.  I almost threw the alienware respawn disc in because it was so annoying that the once pristine machine now had AOL/AIM spammage popping up.
 
 I appreciate any advice.

[osxmallard]

I'd use yahoo messenger on the pc and mac if you can't get AIM to install on the pc without bombarding you with spyware and adware.  AIM is nice b/c the mac has iChat built in and it interfaces seemlessly with the PC running on AIM for video.

[Tanman]

I would recommend that you should use Skype. The program works on Macs/PCs/Unix  and it has video built in. It works on all connections (modems and routers).

[Krell Himmler]

Msn is the easiest to use and generally least security problems of them all, skype is frustrating to set up video chats, in my experience for the inexperienced ^^.

[miltonyorkcastle]

**looks up** Heh, how's that for different opinions?

[Krell Himmler]

Personal preference too, I just am more used to the msn interface, I find skype cumbersome and not too user friendly. Msn just open up a window and click on the little webcam.