Re: Dragon Naturally Speaking

From: Su (._at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:26:10 -0600

The 500 mHz with 512 RAM is the rock bottom minimum, but I wouldn't
recommend anything slower than a Pentium system running at 2 gHz with at
least 1 GB of memory. But that's just me. I like to keep the slider much
closer to the accuracy than faster setting. But even with that, things don't
appear on the screen as fast as I would like.

"djgordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:qE8Nd.15548$3W3.6155@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> Well, it won't even install as it comes up and says I must have the 500
> mhz.
> I have an 80 gig hard drive with 512 RAM, but my motherboard is
> non-upgradeable so that's as far as I can go. I may upgrade eventually,
> but
> I've had the same computer since 98 and never a problem out of it, so I
> figure I'll keep it til it fries which will hopefully not be any time
> soon.
> So if someone else can find some use out of the DNS, so be it.
>
> Dani
>
> "Ed Chait" <edchait4remove@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:36kg71F53mkjaU1@individual.net...
>>
>> "djgordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>> news:yH7Nd.15154$3W3.11461@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
>> > Well, I don't think I'll be going to this after all. My work computer
>> > is
>> > just a 433 mhz and that suits my work just fine, but DNS requires at
> least
>> > 500 mhz so I can't even install it. So if anyone is interested in
> Version
>> > 7
>> > Preferred for $25 you're welcome to it. It comes just how it came to
>> > me,
>> > just in a sleeve with product key on the label, no box. If anyone's
>> > interested, just let me know.
>> >
>> > Dani
>> >
>>
>> You might consider keeping it in case you can upgrade your pc or get a
>> faster one in the future.
>>
>> Or, you could just install it and see how it performs. I don't know how
>> much RAM you have, but having a lot does help to offset the lack of CPU
>> speed to some degree.
>>
>> ed
>>
>>
>
>

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