Audio line in on Macbook Pro

Can this line be used for connecting to an external Microphone? Thanks!

Vladiator wrote:
A $2 microphone is just an example - I just wanted to show the plug. A similar microphone works perfectly fine on Windows. I can record sound just fine in Windows.
Why does Apple make it difficult to use a simple external microphone? Do they save a lot of not having a Mic In jack?...
All unbalanced microphones (regardless of price) are poor quality compared to their balanced brothers, so that sets the quality. If you said what the microphine is I could be more specific about its requrements ....
You probably can find a microphone that will plug into the Apple line input and work, but it's still mediocre, buy an interface to go with the mic and use it in Windows & Mac.

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