Microphone for Mac -- Windows chat ?

After being advised to buy a Macway (a French make) webcam [1], I splashed out, and well it doesn't work. Not only doesn't it work when I want to chat with friends using Windows/MSN, but it doesn't even work with those who have Macs and iChat. No sound, no video, nothing. Fine. It'll make a good doorstop. Oh, wait: I managed to chat last night with my mother via Skype, except that I could hear her, she could see me (even if my face was bright orange), but that was all. So she talked, I typed, and she laughed as I slugged my red wine.
I'm giving up. Forget video.
Having audio would be a good start. But can I find a microphone anywhere !??
Am I asking too much? All I want is to use Skype/MSN/IChat to hear and to speak to folk I know.
Any recommendations ?
D.C.
[1] http://minilien.fr/a0kdfe

I should read a bit more carefully. I could have
sworn that I was answering about a MacBook and not a
mini.
You are absolutely right about the microphone of
course, although it does have speakers (pretty basic
as they are). Sorry 'bout that.
It's not a problem.
My Mac Mini's speakers might be good or bad, but I've never tested them. Since day one, the thing has been rigged up to my stereo, and whilst I might gripe about other aspects of the Mac Mini, I admit that Apple's claim that they're 'media centres', is spot-on. iTunes is never switched off, and when I get into bed, I just kill the volume with the remote control, and turn it back up first thing in the morning. Music eighteen hours a day !
Anyway, that's off-topic for this forum. An hour ago, I was browsing through Apple's website, and I came across this image ..
http://minilien.fr/a0kdf7
'They have a "line in" socket ??' I muttered. I hadn't really paid attention to all of the sockets behind the Mac, but I took a peek, and there it was. A line in socket. So this means that normal headset/micro combinations will work.
So I've just dug into my credit card again, and bought this..
http://minilien.fr/a0kdf8
I've also just ordered a 500 GB hard drive, identical in size and colour to my Mini. I need to stop spending money, but as for the Mini: I love it. They're gonna have to bury me with it.
D.C.
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