The Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 is a reasonably priced (under US$40) USB stereo headset and microphone. Microsoft doesn't provide any Mac drivers so I just plugged it in to a Macbook to see if it worked. You can see from the screen caps here that both Garageband (iLife '08) and Audacity 1.2.5 recognized and worked with the device.
You can hear a brief recording I made while testing the LifeChat headset with my Mac at... OgasaWalrus.blogr.com Mac Mini-Cast #1.
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I use it in a game but i have no clue how to talk into it so other ppl hear me. could sum1 help me out?
Does this headset work with regular computer speakers and Ipods?
Fantastic! I just purchased a MacBook Pro, and was worried that I was going to have to buy another headset. It works quite well with Skype. However, unlike on my PC, when I'm talking in the mic I can't hear myself in the headphones--which takes some getting used to. Any of you have a similar issue? Any possible solutions?
Neal: The headset is just another USB audio device from the Mac's point of view. So, it should work with Skype.
Does it work with online chat programs like, Skype?
Also you can use the Microsoft Life Chat headset as the output sound device for any application in the system if you select it in Preferences-->sound-->output and you can use the microphone of the headset as the input device choosing it in Preferences-->sound-->input, I have a macbook with Mac OSX 10.4.11 and it recognizes the headset perfectly when selected