New MacBook Air, Dictation is not shown in system preferences

OSX 10.7.5 - brand new MacBook Air... does Dictation not function with the Air? Why is it missing from my System Preferences - and the view menu?

Dictation is in Mountain Lion only. Upgrade to Mountain Lion.
If you just bought your Air you can get it for the asking: http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/

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But dictation is enabled and works. Just not shown in system prefs. Where did it go?

No "Dictation & Sppech" panel?
Quit System Preferences
Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key to choose "Library"
then go to Preferences folder and delete this file.
/Preferences/com.apple.system preferences .plist
Relauch System Preferences.

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Try these
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I'm attempting to migrate files from iMac to new MacBook air. The estimated time shown on the display is over ten hours. Is that correct? Is there a way to do it quicker?

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A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs
If you are migrating a PowerPC system (G3, G4, or G5) to an Intel-Mac be careful what you migrate. Keep in mind that some items that may get transferred will not work on Intel machines and may end up causing your computer's operating system to malfunction.
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>All Unsanity Haxies
>Browser and other plug-ins
>Contextual Menu Items
>Applications which specifically require the PowerPC G5
>Kernel extensions
>Java applications with JNI (PowerPC) libraries
See also What Can Be Translated by Rosetta.
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Apple Guide to Universal Applications
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>In your /Home/ folder: Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites folders.
>
>In your /Home/Library/ folder:
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>
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>
>If you want cookies:
>
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>
>For Entourage users:
>
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>
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