Netbook Question! Run DragonNaturally.

[krmartel]

Daggit, I can't seem to find the correct group for this. So, I will
throw it in hardware and see what happens.

I am looking to find a the least expensive netbook that is capable of
running Nuance's Dragon NaturallySpeaking. I have seen this knocked
around a bit, but noone giving a definitive answer.

Anyone?
Also, could a program like this run on SSD?


Here are the recommended specs:

* CPU: Intel® Pentium4® / 2.4 GHz (1.6 GHz dual core) or
equivalent AMD processor. (SSE2 instruction set required).
* Memory: 1 GB RAM
* L2 Cache: 1 MB

 

[Paul]

Daggit, I can't seem to find the correct group for this. So, I will
throw it in hardware and see what happens.

I am looking to find a the least expensive netbook that is capable of
running Nuance's Dragon NaturallySpeaking. I have seen this knocked
around a bit, but noone giving a definitive answer.

Anyone?
Also, could a program like this run on SSD?


Here are the recommended specs:

* CPU: Intel® Pentium4® / 2.4 GHz (1.6 GHz dual core) or
equivalent AMD processor. (SSE2 instruction set required).
* Memory: 1 GB RAM
* L2 Cache: 1 MB

There is

comp.speech.users

but I don't know if I'd post there

I can give you a proposed calibration procedure.

1) Acquire a trial version of the software.
2) Use a desktop computer for testing. I have a dual core
for example. The multiplier on my processor can be
changed while in the desktop, between 6x and 13x, for
a core speed between 1.2GHz and 2.6Ghz. Not all desktops
have the same adjustment range.
3) In Device Manager, if you go to the "CPU" entry and
change it from "ACPI Multiprocessor" to "ACPI Uniprocessor",
you can test the program with both cores running, or
only one CPU core running. The "ACPI Uniprocessor" case
would then be an emulation of your netbook.

I see one netbook listed as 1.6GHz, which means on my
current desktop computer, I could emulate the netbook,
and guess as to how well it might perform.

The storage device the program runs from, is only an issue
if the program writes a lot of data to disk. If most of
the grunting, involves CPU and memory, then the fact the
program is stored on an SSD, will not matter. SSDs tend
to have good read performance, but write performance
can vary greatly depending on how the writing is done.

Paul

 

[~misfit~]

There is

comp.speech.users

but I don't know if I'd post there

I can give you a proposed calibration procedure.

1) Acquire a trial version of the software.
2) Use a desktop computer for testing. I have a dual core
for example. The multiplier on my processor can be
changed while in the desktop, between 6x and 13x, for
a core speed between 1.2GHz and 2.6Ghz. Not all desktops
have the same adjustment range.
3) In Device Manager, if you go to the "CPU" entry and
change it from "ACPI Multiprocessor" to "ACPI Uniprocessor",
you can test the program with both cores running, or
only one CPU core running. The "ACPI Uniprocessor" case
would then be an emulation of your netbook.

I see one netbook listed as 1.6GHz, which means on my
current desktop computer, I could emulate the netbook,
and guess as to how well it might perform.

The storage device the program runs from, is only an issue
if the program writes a lot of data to disk. If most of
the grunting, involves CPU and memory, then the fact the
program is stored on an SSD, will not matter. SSDs tend
to have good read performance, but write performance
can vary greatly depending on how the writing is done.

Paul, what you say is only true for CPUs from the same family. Most netbooks
use the Intel Atom CPU which, running clock-for-clock against a Core 2 CPU
is only capable of less than half the MIPs.

IOW Intel Atom @ 1.6GHz <is approximately equal to> one core of a Core 2 Duo
running at 800MHz. Well below the required specs that the OP posted.

I have benched an Atom at 1.6GHz as having the same processing power as an
old Tualatin Celeron 1.4GHz. There's a reason those netbooks won't run
Vista...

Cheers,