i badly need mic for skype. i wanna buy a usb sound card.

my question is mac is plug and play supported right.so if i buy a cheap usb sound card will it work
is there any possibility that it will work. any success ? i know it's hard to tell. But give me advice.
is there any chipset i have to check..?
or i have to choose only creative product...?

suggestion needed.

Thanks
demigod

hey guys here is the good news...

i bought a usb sound card for 5$ which is probably a china make. But that crapy card got
detected and working..lol..i said working. both audio and line-in. Now i am using it for skype ... :) sound quality is great ( i mean mic ). it uses C-media Chip.Both input and Output is working.

people who are all facing sound problem may go for it. worked out of the box.

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6896/inputch4.png
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1176/outputud9.png
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3553/skypeyf7.png

USB SOUND CARD-photo

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5760/dsc00104qn3.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/640/dsc00105bg3.jpg
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/6367/dsc00107nq9.jpg

(Note:sorry about the long link,tinyurl gave some error)

I think, any USB-Device works on OSx86 like on a real mac - except special system components. I mean, from mouses to keyboards, from tv-sticks (eyetv!) to micros, everything works. Isn't that great? ;-)

too bad my intel webcam amera manufactured in the year 2000 is not supported. =(

And there are no drivers for mac on the Intel-Homepage?

none that I am aware off. I'll check and get back. came with my compaq 7000t 8 years ago. lol its the intel cs120 webcam

@demigod, who makes the card? where did you buy it from?