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I had a fun three visits to the Apple Store in SF today. The line was long as always, and I wished that I hadn't picked up the Plantronics .85 headset.

The reasons that I went for it were:

• USB piece is separate, so I can plug it into my PCs and Mac
• Folds up small, yet fits ok

Unfortunately, it just didn't work. The sound quality on the mic was painfully bad. Unusable.

Back to the Logitech.

It still bugs me that the Mac needs a powered mic. I mean come on. Let me plugin a normal damn mic and have it work!