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I have a T60 and was wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a DECENT web cam....the few I tried here make me look blotchy or sunburned...

I want to do AIM video with my parents, but cant get that to work right..and I think its my firewall (Cisco) - but I wont change it.

So? - I am looking for software that can run on my laptop with the camera and then port forward one of my IPs/ports to my laptop so my parents can see me.

Anyone have any recommendations?

-JD

I have one of Apple's firewire iSight cameras and use that to video conference with my parents in the US (I'm in Tokyo) via iChat - it works fine across the firewalls, which surprises me since we are both behind (consumer) firewall / routers.

I don't have any suggestions for you, but am really curious if a firewire camera will work with the T60. I've got a PCMCIA firewire card, so I suppose I could plug things in to see if they work...

AuroraGuy,

The Logitech Quickcam Fusion works well and is our company wide choice. The Logitech Quckcam for Notebooks Pro is of decent quality, but the clip stinks and does not stay on Thinkpads very well.

Also, I can testify that with a PCMCIA Firewire card one can successfully use Firewire video sources with the Thinkpad. I have not tested specifically with the iSight. It should be noted that the software you are using must be smart enough to look for any video source, as opposed to being limited to recognizing USB cameras only.