My husband is currently stationed in Iraq. We both have a webcam. We have tried to use the webcams with yahoo messenger, but they are constantly froze up. Does anyone know of a program that we could download so that we can use our webcams and not have them freeze constantly?

I can’t afford a macbook but i want a laptop with a webcam and has good quality for under $1000. A brand or specific laptop would be fine, please help!

For example, there exist some ways to use messengers without installing them into PC. Can I do the same with my webcam? Any “web” software which can work from web without downloading into PC?