Just as an FYI, NEW (full retail) packages of MacSpeech Dictate do include a new microphone, but this has to do with making sure the user has a microphone that works well with both Macs (which have a different audio input requirement than PCs) and our product. On Feb 20, 2008, at 11:32 PM, <tscheresky at micron.com> <tscheresky at micron.com > wrote: > Bundling is a sales gimmick. You bundle a good product with a > marginal > one, and charge more. Can you say ViaVoice? If you use voice > recognition you probably already have a good microphone, and you know > what you like in a microphone and don't want someone choosing one for > you. MacSpeech made the right decision by not including a microphone > with Dictate and charging more. > > Todd >