Japanese Windows Question

[Torigaa Fenikkusu]

I gots a question. What is windows like in japan? like what do they call "My Computer" and stuff like that? i hope someone can answer this...

[cstaylor]

Buy a Mac

[Torigaa Fenikkusu]

yeah..I've always liked mac (don't let my windows friends hear me) cause it seems "more japanese" but i guess i just find it hard to take that one step, and get a mac..
maybe once i finally move to japan, I'll get one...

[cstaylor]

If you run OS X, the machine is completely bilingual. Just change your user's language preference in the System Preferences, and everything becomes Japanese.

Microsoft Terminal Server supports this feature as well (at a much higher price), but OS X got it completely right the first time.

[Taro Toporific]

I gots a question. What is windows like in japan? like what do they call "My Computer" and stuff like that? i hope someone can answer this...

Japanese Windows is arranged on the screen, menus, etc. mostly like English. If you have all the screen positions of your favorite commands and menus burned into your brain, you can navigate through Japanese Windows without actually being able to read Japanese. The great problem for nama gaijin is if you hit the Kaiji Convert buttons: Then the poor clueless newbie is sucked down into the rotten pool of evil kana never to escape again.*

Alternatively, the clueless newbie FG can run Japanese programs in English Windows and suffer death by a million cuts of the dread bake moji corruption.

PICK YOUR POISON.

More info here and here on bilingual Windows...


*Until saved by a charming OL or the ever-smiling shin-jin office boy (this is actually a great nampa-pickup method).

[kamome]

[GomiGirl]

Buy a mac..

I used to be a Win NT administrator.. MAC's rule.. OS X has everything you could ever want and more..

Rob, yep I had heard the news re MAC world expo. Tis a pity but my company has exhibited many times and attendance this year was woeful. So no real suprises given that there is a conference nearly every week here. But I am sure there will be something new and interesting.

[Taro Toporific]

[bluepxl]