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Alex,

Aside from all of the valid and good advice that you're getting from other sources, including KnowBrainer, there is a major problem relative to running DNS 9.5 on Windows 7 any version (basic or otherwise). Nuance is not supporting DNS 9.5 under Windows 7 and there are some reported known issues with DNS 9.5 on the Windows 7 platform. You won't get any support from Nuance on this and it is highly unlikely that those posting on this and other forums will have or will want to experiment with this.

Mike considered advice is don't do it period. If you do, I think you will be making a big, BIG, mistake. Just not worth the expense to find out it doesn't work properly. DNS 9.5 is known to have problems on Windows 7 32-bit and it is a known fact that Nuance doesn't support it on that platform. I can confirm both of those by virtue of having discussed this with the programmers (DNS) most of whom are my former colleagues when I was SDK Program Manager at L&H.

Chuck Runquist
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VoiceTeach LLC

If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way. (variant of Murphy's law - Edward A. Murphy, Jr.)

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Mini laptop recommendations - Alex - 12/06/2009 10:20 PM - ( Page 1 )

RE: Mini laptop recommendations - Lunis Orcutt - 12/07/2009 12:27 PM - ( Page 1 )

RE: Mini laptop recommendations - rjwilmsi - 01/05/2010 01:56 PM - ( Page 1 )

RE: Mini laptop recommendations - Chucker - 01/05/2010 03:45 PM - ( Page 1 )

RE: Mini laptop recommendations - Alex - 01/05/2010 05:05 PM - ( Page 1 )

RE: Mini laptop recommendations - Stan Winikoff - 02/08/2010 02:19 PM - ( Page 1 )

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Posted : Sunday 12/06/2009 10:20 PM

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I use DNS 9.5 professional, and would like to know if it will run on a mini laptop platform, like:

Toshiba mini NB205-N230

Processor: Intel® Atom™ Processor N280
Operating System: Windows 7 Starter (32-bit)
Memory: 1GB DDR2 533MHz memory

Thank you for your feedback.

[QUOTE]Alex Home Computer Dell Dimension 4700 3.2 Ghz, 1G RAM, DNS 9.5 Pro English/Spanish, USB Buddy 3, GN Netcom headset microphone. Office Computer Dell Latitude 1.9 GHz dual core, 2 GB RAM, DNS 9.5 Pro English/Spanish, USB Buddy 6 with Plantronics wireless,[/QUOTE]

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Netbooks, which is what we're discussing here, are not well-suited to the power requirements of the DNS. Although NaturallySpeaking may actually install on this computer, you'll probably regret trying to use it because DNS will have to dip heavily into virtual memory. We don't recommend running DNS 9 with less than 3 Gb of RAM on Windows 7. In some instances, we have found that you can get away with 2 Gb of RAM but Netbooks really aren't designed for powerful applications like DNS.

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While you could install and run Dragon NaturallySpeaking on the netbook you mention, I think overall you would be very disappointed by the performance. Therefore, I wouldn't recommend it.

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Alex,

Chuck Runquist
Technical Project Manager
VoiceTeach LLC

If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way. (variant of Murphy's law - Edward A. Murphy, Jr.)

Core2™ Extreme QX9650, 5 Core2™ Duo’s 2.0 GHz-3.06 GHz, Core™ i7 980X Extreme, DDR2 RAM 4 GB 1066 MHz Core2™ Duo systems, DDR3 12 GB 2000 MHz Core™ i7, VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM boot drives all systems.

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Chuck, thank you for the candid and honest advise. Some times there aren't simple answers, better to know before launching into a frustrating and expensive experience.

Regards, Alex

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I think Chucker is right about not using a netbook. Walt Mossberg (Wall Street Journal) did a piece several weeks ago about lightweight laptops that weigh less than 3 pounds and are much closer to a complete notebook than any of the netbooks. He recommended the Dell Alienware M11x ($799) at 4 lbs and the Sony Vaio X. ($1299). You might also think about a MacBook Air running Windows under BootCamp.

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