[MV] MacSpeech Dictate and Minimum Specs

[jon.5j5]

Hi Bill,  I don't have dictate, but my general rule is to take them at their
word.  From the variety of previous responses, any Mac with a Core 2 Duo
should be fine.
System Requirements

*Intel-based Mac*
Mac OS X 10.4.11 or greater "Tiger"
Mac OS X 10.5.1 or greater "Leopard"
Internet connection required for product registration.
Slightly different than Chuck, I usually suggest people buy at the lower end
of the scale, but buy the latest version when it comes out.  Every six
months you can wait you get a better computer.  With Snow Leopard coming
next year, I would look for any Mac that has native support for 4gb of
installed Ram.  The early Core 2 Duo machines only take 3 mb of ram because
they have an older chipset.
-jon

p.s. there's a nice series of articles that talks about Apple's transition
to 64bits at AppleInsider.com: Road to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: 64-bits, Santa
Rosa, and more<http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/03/road_to_mac_os_x_snow_leopard_64_bits_santa_rosa_and_the_great_pc_swindle.html>


On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 6:43 AM, <chesnutt at it.net.au> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Could anybody on the list who is using Dictate successfully let the
> rest of us know the specs of the machines they are using.  MacSpeech
> on their website just seem to say that any intel macintosh will do,
> but that is not really very helpful.  For instance, doe it run ok on
> a Mini or a MacBook?  And with how much RAM?  Would 1 gig cut it?
> Would 2 be better? Would 4 be better still?  At what point does "more
> is better" become overkill?  And likewise with the CPU  - will an
> iMac suffice, or would a multi-core MacPro really make a noticeable
> difference?
>
> TIA
>
> Bill Chesnutt
> Perth, Western Australia
>
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