bi lingual itunes setup

[kotatsuneko]

i've grown rather fond of itunes, despite being a huge winamp fan.

thing is tho, it doesnt recognise the thousands of j tunes on my deck.

was wondering, how well the jpn itunes works with both jpn and english track names, does it cope well, or would one need to install both? i have the japanese language pack for both xp pro, and office 03 installed, so reckon installation shouldnt be an issue, but am more concerned about correct track names

anyone have any experience/advice?

soz for the terribly boring post btw

[Caustic Saint]

You mean like this?



Are you using the right kind of computer?

(Sorry, just messing with you.)

[kotatsuneko]

ooh, youre thigh needs a good quick spank!

[cstaylor]

ooh, youre thigh needs a good quick spank!

It's not our fault you're addicted to an inferior operating system. Give Apple a try, and I swear you'll never go back.

[kotatsuneko]

heh, when the next gen of apples laptops come out, i will buy one for sure.

at the moment tho, i have so much peecee hardware [2 towers, 2 laptops] and storage lying around the house in constant use, and am totally unfamiliar with building/modding/using apple stuff that i am reluctant to make the change.

also emulator support for mac is still minimal..

am learning vegas 6 + dvd architect at the mo, and it seems a bit better than 5, tho look forward to the day when i can use stuff like fcpro and garage etc

[kotatsuneko]

oh, btw, if i buy a copy of panther or whatever its called, could i just install it in a custom made pecee and be good to go? or isnt it that simple?

[Caustic Saint]

oh, btw, if i buy a copy of panther or whatever its called, could i just install it in a custom made pecee and be good to go? or isnt it that simple?

Apple OSes only run on Apple hardware.

(I guess that's pretty simple. )

[Charles]

also emulator support for mac is still minimal..

No.

Virtual PC 7 works great, although you're not going to be playing fast 3D games on it. VPC allows you to run any PC OS, I've seen screen shots of VPC running Red Hat Linux and Solaris, I personally have run Win 95, 98, ME, 2000, and XP on it.
MacMame emulates all the old game cabinets, SNES, Nintendo, etc. I've seen Mac emulators for old VIC-20s, C64, PCDOS, Sinclair, etc. Hell, I even ran an emulator of the old Enigma crypto machine on my Mac. Now THAT is an emulator!

Apple OSes only run on Apple hardware.

(I guess that's pretty simple. )

Let me split hairs: Apple released Darwin (the Unix substructure of MacOS X) which runs fine on other hardware. But Darwin is an old X11 BSD Unix system that does not include the Aqua layer that makes MacOS X what it is, Darwin will not get you MacOS X on PC hardware. So there's one Apple OS that runs on non-Apple hardware.
There are emulators for running MacOS X on PCs. They suck. You will not be able to run Final Cut Pro or GarageBand in emulation. You'll be lucky to run basic apps without waiting for hours.

[mr. sparkle]

A Mac Mini is just the ticket for a potential switcher like you Kotats.

[kotatsuneko]

ah, Charles, i was referring to console/arcade emulation there

hmm, so i cant pickup mac gear off the shelf and self build? that sucks penis! [never paid any attention to mac hardware apart from the nice cases, so am clueless..]

the mac mini looks nice, sparkly, but i`d want to do video editing... dont think those mini me macs come with 2 gigs of ram yet

[Charles]

ah, Charles, i was referring to console/arcade emulation there

Yeah, MacMame and other gear has you covered.

hmm, so i cant pickup mac gear off the shelf and self build? that sucks penis! [never paid any attention to mac hardware apart from the nice cases, so am clueless..]

I don't see any point in building your own Mac. Apple did all the hard work, you can still buy an older Mac and build it up with your own video cards, RAM, drives, etc, and get all the cost savings of building your own, without all the hassles of motherboard & power supply diddling, etc.

the mac mini looks nice, sparkly, but i`d want to do video editing... dont think those mini me macs come with 2 gigs of ram yet

The Mini is fine for editing, it just isn't going to break any speed records at intensive tasks like MPG encoding. Still, the Mac's Altivec unit makes even encoding speed competitive with faster Intel/AMD CPUs.