Buying a Mic for Mac OS X

[bobber205]

Will just any old pc mic work in OS X?

I would like to buy a couple mics, one for a PC user and one for my mom who uses my old mac mini (no mic on those ). Do I need a certain type? What should I look for?

http://search.ebay.com/pc-mic_W0QQfromZR40QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ3QQsbrsrtZd

is what I'm looking at right now.

 

[killmoms]

You'll need a USB mic, since Macs don't have pre-amplified mic-in ports, just line-in. Mic signals are much lower than line-level, so they need to be pre-amplified to be audible. Just get a USB mic and you won't have any troubles.

 

[zami]

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/

With one of these you can use most normal mics.

 

[bobber205]

I can get one of those on ebay for my pc friends...

Does anybody have a recommednation for a good OS X mic/webcam combo?

 

[ero87]

i'm interested in this too... I don't get why my brother should need an additional hub for a microphone to work on his mac mini. Are there simple, cheap, USB mics out there?

 

[thejadedmonkey]

i'm interested in this too... I don't get why my brother should need an additional hub for a microphone to work on his mac mini. Are there simple, cheap, USB mics out there?

You'll need a USB mic, since Macs don't have pre-amplified mic-in ports, just line-in. Mic signals are much lower than line-level, so they need to be pre-amplified to be audible. Just get a USB mic and you won't have any troubles.

I don't know if there are cheap ones out there.