Using Phone Headset With Skype on MacBooks

bo-headsetDon’t tell anyone, but right now I am on a conference call with the GigaOM team discussing editorial topics. We conference the team in from all over the world using Skype on the computer and it works well.

Normally I use my USB headset to make sure the audio quality is good enough for the call, but today I wanted to go with an easier solution. I use Skype on the MacBook and I decided to use the Bang & Olufsen headset for the iPhone. I plug it into the audio out jack on the MacBook and the jack passes both input and output. This means the headset works as well with Skype on the MacBook as it does on the iPhone for calls. It’s much more comfortable for long calls than the bulky USB headset, so give it a try if you have a good audio headset. Thanks to Kevin for the idea.

Now I’m sure that there are other notebooks this will work on other than MacBooks, so no slamming. It’s what I have so I know it works with the MB.

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