iChat question

[Galileo]

Should be receiving my iMac next Friday and I'm wondering what instant messenger service I need to subscribe to in order to have video chat (using iChat) with a person using a windows machine ?

In David Pogue's book - Mac OS X Snow Leopard, missing manual - he states that only AOL instant messenger users can have video chats with Windows computers. But Google talk apparently now has a plug in for Mac. Does anyone have any experience with Google talk or is there a particular service that stands out for Mac users ?

Thanks

 

[themoonisdown09]

I just use my AIM account that I've had for 10 years.

 

[miles01110]

I don't like iChat and avoid it entirely. For video chatting Skype works very well.

 

[Galileo]

Any other experiences/opinions ?


Thanks

 

[YosemiteSam85]

I'd just go with Skype too. iChat is useless in my experience.