Nate,
Forgot to mention I use the MIC ll from nuance, and it rests on my desk. Use it like a tabletop mic, but more accurate than my 30 dollar tabletop mic, but not sure it was worth 450 dollars, but it works great. I am currently using XP 32bit OS with 4 ram but soon to upgrade, but even with that system the dragon has served me well, and it seems the dragon works much better in AC than in microsoft word.