Languages on Mac OS X

kon_liapis

Hello guys, this is my first post in the forum.

I'm from Greece and i am thinking of buying the new intel MacBook.

In the Greek market there are two editions of that laptop, the Greek one and the English one.

The english edition is about 100 euros cheaper than the greek.

Some people said me that the English edition doesnt support greek and that i will be able to write only a few things in greek.

I just want to know if such thing is true and if so, will i be able to update my OS so that i can have full use of the greek language.

I know that all the menus will be in english but i dont care about that. Iam interested only in being able to write and read greek texts on the web or on files.



I appologise for any language errors, but english is not my native language.

Thank you in advance

fooey

well im not sure on the greek language in OSX but i can tell

you your english was very easy to read :-)

ricksbrain

I can only answer that Greek does not appear as one of the language choices in my System Preferences.

ricksbrain

Oops, forgot: Welcome to the forum and good luck on getting your first Mac!

aresee

I can't read the Greek alphabet but there was at least one entry using that alphabet in Systems Preferences > International > Language > Edit List. International > Input Menu has two Greek keyboards to select from.

bergermeister

aresee beat me to it....



Not the Greek version probably means the same as not the Japanese version: the manuals and info stuff are all in English or whatever. Your English is good enough to go with the English versions, and, using the input method steps shown above, you should be able to type in Greek no problem.



Is there a special Greek keyboard? Would not having it be a problem? The Japanese keyboard has a very small space bar; since English requires lots of space(s), I buy the English keyboard and things work fine both ways.

kon_liapis

Actually the MacBook is for my girlfriend and she is a rookie in using a computer. But this is not my problem. At least It is possible to write in Greek, BUT is there any kind of update so that all symbols are added to the library? Iam telling that because Greek language has some

distinctivenesses such as grammatical accents that are essential to type a text.



OK I hane an other question, Will i be able to open sites written in Greek?

For example www.in.gr, which is like your yahoo.

Thanks a lot...I really apreciate your help!

kon_liapis

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonton


Hey, aren't you supposed to be boycotting apple Greece? LOL.

I wouldnt say so,, but its true that the apple computres are new in the Greek market.

Also you should consider that the English XP have full support of the Greek language (typing and reading).

I hope that Mac do the same.

gregmightdothat

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonton


Hey, aren't you supposed to be boycotting apple Greece? LOL.

You're thinking of someone else who posted a while back :P

gregmightdothat

Quote:

Originally Posted by kon_liapis


I wouldnt say so,, but its true that the apple computres are new in the Greek market.

Also you should consider that the English XP have full support of the Greek language (typing and reading).

I hope that Mac do the same.

It supports both typing and reading, but again, typing is a bit slower/awkward on an English keyboard.



I tried loading the Finder and it's not translated to Greek, but I don't know if an official Greek Mac will be, either.



That page does load fine.

kon_liapis

Ok then... thanks a lot!!!

pb

kon_liapis, Ã?ùÃ*óôáÃ*ôÃ?Ã*ïò äåÃ* Ã¥Ã?Ã*áé ôï üÃ*ïìÃ? óïõ;



I typed the previous sentence in an old Powerbook running under Panther. I hope you can read it right.



I expect that current OS X machines would support Greek at least as good as the older ones. Needless to say that Greek is displayed correctly in my system.

kon_liapis

Quote:

Originally Posted by PB


kon_liapis, Ã?ùÃ*óôáÃ*ôÃ?Ã*ïò äåÃ* Ã¥Ã?Ã*áé ôï üÃ*ïìÃ? óïõ;



I typed the previous sentence in an old Powerbook running under Panther. I hope you can read it right.



I expect that current OS X machines would support Greek at least as good as the older ones. Needless to say that Greek is displayed correctly in my system.

Yes i can read it...

So there is no reason for paying 100euros more only to have the greek version...

Thanks a lot!!

kon_liapis

I have an OFFTOPIC question but it doesnt worth to open a new topic.

Is it to possible to install the Mac O.S. in a partition of a windows running PC?

lundy

Where would you get the Mac OS from?

pb

Quote:

Originally Posted by kon_liapis


So there is no reason for paying 100euros more only to have the greek version...

Well, yes, if all you are interested in is reading and typing in greek corerctly. However, if you also wish to have the entire OS in greek (including system messages, menus etc.), then the greek version is the way to go. At least that's my inderstanding from a very old now greek version of Mac OS I used in the past.

kon_liapis

Quote:

Originally Posted by lundy


Where would you get the Mac OS from?

I dont know..

I was thinking of buying it.

I dont even know if its in the market as a CD or a DVD.

pb

Quote:

Originally Posted by kon_liapis


I dont even know if its in the market as a CD or a DVD.

Of course there is:



Mac OS X Tiger (not sure if it is the greek version ot not, but you can always ask them).