download dragon naturally speaking on a mac book

If you are in the market for a brand-new computer and, frankly, don’t mind whether you use a Mac or PC, then I would be inclined to steer you towards Windows if Dragon is going to be a major (if not the main) part of your workflow. But I simply prefer OS X and several pieces of software I use (mainly Final Cut Pro, Ulysses and the deep integration with their iOS devices) make it a better platform for me. After the last few years of being firmly entrenched in the PC camp (I tried to love you, Surface Pro, I really did), I am firmly a Mac user once again despite my reservations that Dragon is a compromised piece of software on the platform. Really, the best option is to choose based on what computer you already own.īut Mac users do have a quandary and the last thing anyone should do is switch platforms based on one piece of software. If you have a PC, then you arguably already have the preferred version of the software. I’m in the lucky position of being able to use both – if you have a Mac, after all, you can run the Windows version of the software in a virtual machine or via Boot Camp. I stand by that opinion still, despite currently dictating this blog post using Dragon for Mac 5. I highlight in some detail in “ The Writer’s Guide to Training Your Dragon” how Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Windows is, in many ways, a far superior product to the product formerly known as Dragon Dictate (now simply called Dragon for Mac). But that was a long time ago and both platforms now have excellent operating systems in the form of OS X (soon to be called macOS) and Windows 10.īut Dragon is a strange beast as, despite sharing the same brand name, the products are very different on the Mac and the PC. I also remember when the Mac wasn’t so hot, either (I’m looking at you, OS 9). I’m old enough to remember when people hated Windows with a passion. I’ve flipped and flopped between the Mac and Windows several times over the last 20 or so years. Things are a little different when it comes to using the best tool for the job, however. That’s just how it is and how it always should be – after all, huge faceless corporations don’t care about any of us anyway, right? Why should we treat our choice of a computing platform as if it’s some kind of good or bad personality trait, anyway? Some people love using a Mac, some people love using a Windows PC.

The “platform war” thing has been done to death a million times with no clear victor.

Download dragon naturally speaking on a mac book