system requirements for Dragon Naturally Speaking 12

Parking here for reference, and for those of you who were interested in why I was looking at an insanely over-specced machine. I would note that Elderly Thinkpad does in fact meet the minimum specification for version 10, which is why I know that "minimum" means "can barely run the dictation module, can't run the natural language commands, and only if you don't want to run anything else much at the same time". (Elderly Thinkpad is running XP Pro on a Pentium M 1.73GH, with 1.49GB 795MHz RAM, according to its "about me".)

I need at least the recommended specification to be able to use all the stuff I often need to use, and more would be A Good Thing to get the full benefit from the package -- especially as I would find the recording/playback module useful, even if not necessary. Seriously, the more power you can throw at Dragon, the more usable it is, because it's noticeably faster at recognition with better CPU/RAM specs.

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