Best webcam for my dollar?

[slafa23]

I am looking to buy my sister a webcam for when she goes to study abroad we can video chat. I am looking to spend betwen $40-60. Any suggestions? Any brands I should stay away from?

Edit: She is using a Dell or HP (I forget) latptop about 2 years old so there is no camera built in. She is running Windows XP.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

I don't think there is much difference between webcams.

Some of them have face-tracking features, some don't.
Some come with special software to superimpose images on top of one another.
All are of decent quality.

You should know that, depending on the connection strength, the videos may not be smooth, although it should be fine.

[CBMatt]

For something cheap, I would check out Creative webcams.  An ex-girlfriend got me one (the VF-0040) on sale for about $15 and although it's nothing fancy, it gets the job done.  And it even came with some fun software.

[patio]

Logitech here...

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Logitech here...

Same.