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no VOIP needed
So, you do NOT need a VOIP heaset to use Skype on your laptop. A good heaset, with an external mic and earphone, will be between 10-30$, depending. Plantroics makes nice ones, just get one with an Audio jack AND a microphone jack and plug it into your laptop.
The VOIP headsets from various manufacturers, are for VOIP systems, such as those from Mitel, Cisco, Avaya, etc. When you have a true VOIP over CAT5 phone system, and intelligent handsets at the desk, THEN a realy VOIP headset is necessary,
and they start at about 100$ and go up from there.