I got in to a bit of a problem today trying to communicate with a friend over Skype. I got several Skype accounts, used them for different purposes, do different things, etc… All in all I use it daily. Saves money, saves time. So I decided to setup Skype on my MAC Mini just to figure out that it does not work. Well, not exactly true. Everything works exactly as it is supposed to. Exactly. But problem is that MAC Mini does not have Microphone input (it does have line in though). So your mic probably will not work. To use Skype on MAC Mini the best thing to have is a decent USB Microphone. I plan to go to checkout the stores to see available USB Mics to see how they will work.  I’ll keep you posted on this….

Update – 27/08/2009: Just bought a USB Mic –  Genius HS-04U.  I’ll check it out and let you know how did installation went.

Update – 02/09/2009: Genius HS-04U works with Skype! However there is no driver for MAC for it (so all the funky Dolby Surround things are not working on MAC while they work on Windows0.  I am still happy with the Microphone since it is nice to wear (it is nice on the ears, i.e. does not push to much on them so you can wear it for extended period of time; sound isolation is not to great but it is gamers microphone so I do not think they paid much attention to it).