Which external Microphone do you recommend for PowerBook for website audio?

Aloha-Steve here, 1st time forum user ever. Our company produces "Kiana's Flex Appeal" fitness show on ESPN reaching 80 million homes. We just bought a few Power Books and need to now "which external mic should we buy to record voice onto our new websites being designed? The voice(s) will be incorporated into a custom song being composed." We don't have access to a studio at this moment and want to know what to buy to do a few lines. The internal mic isn't clear enough. Thank you in advance. Mahalo. www.kiana.com

@chadwick17
I was also looking at Bose Companion 2 for my setup. However reviewers seem to be divided on these speakers. As a matter of fact, these speakers are a bit expensive for the provided features IMHO.
Could you share why you choose these speakers and what are the Pros & Cons ? Thanks.
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@chadwick17
I was also looking at Bose Companion 2 for my setup. However reviewers seem to be divided on these speakers. As a matter of fact, these speakers are a bit expensive for the provided features IMHO.
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