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Chapter 2: Preparing to Install Dragon
Dragon system requirements
During the installation process, the software checks that your system meets the following require-
ments. If they are not met, Dragon will not be installed. Note that at least 2 GBof RAMis
required for installation in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. See Operating systems and
RAM, below.
NOTE
The Professional and Legal editions of Dragon do not support dictation directly into Electronic
Medical Record (EMR) Systems. For EMR support, please use Dragon Medical Edition.
Processor
Minimum
Minimum 1 GHz Intel® Pentiu or equivalent AMD processor.
2.4 GHz Intel Dual Core or equivalent AMD processor. (IMPORTANT: SSE2 instruction set
required)
Recommended
Intel Pentium 2.4 GHz (dual 1.8 GHz core processor) or equivalent AMD processor.
Faster processors produce faster performance.
NOTE
Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) are not supported.
Processor cache
Recommended: 2 MB
Operating systems and RAM
Operating system 32-bit 64-bit RAM min
RAM
recommended
Windows7
2 GB 4 GB
Windows XP Home
(SP2 or greater)
X
1 GB 2GB
Windows XP Pro-
fessional (SP2 or greater)
X
1 GB 2GB
Windows Vista, includ-
ing SP1 and SP2
1 GB 2GB
Windows Server 2003
(SP2 or greater, R2)
2 GB 4GB
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