W520 - No microphone jack

I recently purchased a new W520 laptop and was trying to plug in my headset with built in microphone for using skype. My old thinkpad T500 had two audio jacks, one for headphones/speakers and one for a microphone, right on the front. My headset also has 2 3.5 mm jacks. The new W520 only has a single audio jack with a picture of a headset with microphone above it. How can I plug my headset in? Do I need a different type of headset, or is there some kind of joining adapter I can get that will allow me to plug in a my dual jack headset to the laptop?
Will this do what I need or is this only for combining two audio signals of the same type (i.e. 2 input or 2 output, not one input and one output)
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10429&cs_id=1042901&p_id=7204&seq=1&for...
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Hi calculate, and welcome to the Lenovo Community!
That won't work :-(. It's just a Y splitter, and only a three-conductor splitter at that.
Check this knowledge base for adapters community members have found:
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/Audio-combo-jack-vs-headphone-earphone-with...
Alex1945 recently found one here:
http://www.everbatim.net/store/index.php/hardware/microphones-audio/headphone-microphone-jack-splitt...
And there are others mention in the related threads.
Hope this helps!
I don't work for Lenovo. I'm a crazy volunteer!

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