I'm looking for a stereo HEADSET and not simply in-ear earphones for Skype at affordable prices. From past experience, I own a dual jack headset Logitech from my PC. Sound came out but the mic never worked on mac mini. A HP XA490AA headphone worked great on PC but never recognized on OS X. I'm thinking about a headset directly compatible with Mac OS X . I prefer a single jack input over USB since it doesn't use an USB port. But USB is fine. What options exist and what standards will allow me to know a single jack mic/earphone combination will work with a Mac? **EDIT :** I know iPhone/iPod/iPad headphones are compatible with macbook. But these are earphones. What I read today and for sharing > The difference between USB and jack : USB uses the motherboard card. > Jack uses the sound card. Usually laptops have crap sound cards. So go > for USB.