Connecting a Vocal Mic to a MacBook Pro for garageBand use?

I do a lot of singing and play the guitar and i just got my new mac. Still kind of clueless but it seems like garage band can be a pretty useful recording program sooo i think ill give it a try. But, for anyone who knows what like a livewire advantage standard EXM series microphone cable looks like... there is most certainly no jacks for it on the macbook lol. Just wondering is there any kind of adapter i can buy that will allow me to record with a good vocal mic in garage band rather than the quality lacking built in mic lol.
Please and thankk youuu!!!

"quality"isn't really the issue.
here's an sm57 plugged directly into a mac:
http://thehangtime.com/GB/LeadMic.mp3
and this is with a preamp:
http://thehangtime.com/GB/LeadPreamp.mp3

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