Microphone for Skype

Hi there,
I have no idea if I'm posting in the right spot, but here goes. I just signed up for a Skype account, but don't know if my computer has a microphone. How can I find that out? I did a search on the hard drive but didn't come up with any microphone. Do I need to purchase one? I am working on a 2009 imac.

If you choose to, you can purchase a microphone pretty cheap that will plug in back of the computer.
Not into the 3.5mm jack input socket - that's line level and won't accept microphones. USB mics, yes, but cheap they're not.

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