yup theres another thread long time ago about the USB mic.
This USB mic can be useful in podcasting ONLY but recording vocal tracks or instruments one at a time is quite pain in the a$$.

Hope they already resolved the latency issue. Because if not then using it will be hard on day one of your recoding session. There this chance that you can get a nice cut but most of time you cannot get one so the chance of repeated takes until your vocal hurts.

The regular mic is still useful if you invest a nice USB preamps adding 100 dollar to purchase a 4-6 inputs preamps will not hurt your pocket either and for additional benefits your recording session will be a breeze.

Actually seeing a weird flat jack for a microphone is really ackward compare to the classic jacks we are using on the road.

Lynman