Macintosh was the first system to permit multiple languages in the same document and permit mixing and matching languages since the advent of the Mac 2, I think in 1988 or 1989.
I know Mac has also led the way in difficult writing systems and, if I remember correctly, they were the first consumer computer to handle the full four Japanese writing systems via an IME but can't recall when they cracked this nut. Far too little coffee this morning... cdh On Aug 19, 2009, at 6:30 PM, Charlie Doremus wrote: > You can use any language you choose. Just because the machines knows > that it is in the Netherlands does not mean it needs to speak dutch. > The people in our Apple store spend many hours a day changing the > language preference on in-store machines 'cause Japanese tourists > tourists change settings all the time. > > Aloha > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:37 AM, a radix <anou...@home.nl> wrote: > Hello, This may seem a bit weird but I would like to use os x in > English (so the system language being English) which I gathered you > can select when you turn on the mac for the first time. But, if I > select this, can I still change a physical location (where I live) > which is not English? I live in the Netherlands. > Thanks, > Greetings, Anouk, > > > > > > -- > Check out our web site, www.giantdolphin.com > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
