Well, that's exactly the problem. Keyboard of course is ok, shifting is very quick and good, but practically ALL (russian) websites I check are encoded in a "wrong" way and furthermore different one from another, the same for e-mail I receive on my lovely MacBook, so I have to select everytime the right encoding from the menu - and to the same as I got back to english websites - it's a bit ennoying you see... anyway my russian friends are the ones saying Mac is the worst for such use, that's to say for russian-speakers (problems of licences as well as you maybe know, it's a Mac-policy they don't like so much here, that's why Mac is still not so popular in Russia despite the fact that President Medvedev has just changed his Sony Vaio with a brand new Apple) Lucia
---------------- LUCIA SGUEGLIA www.lettera22.it Moscow correspondent Poslannikov per., 11/14, kv. 63 (9° et.) mob. +79857825648 home +7 495 2612434 skype address: maiortom --- On Mon, 11/3/08, Charles Borden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Charles Borden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Expat List Mac is best for Cyrillic/Russian > To: "The Moscow Expat List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 4:45 PM > I completely disagree - the Mac is far better for Cyrillic > or with > practically any foreign language including languages like > Cherokee, > Inuktitut, Maori, Tibetan. > > Keyboard setup for all languages are included with Mac OSX; > you don't have > to download or purchase a separate setup like you must with > Windows. Mac OSX > includes a standard Russian keyboard as well as phonetic > keyboard for > English speaking users (i.e. The Cyrillic letters appear in > the same > locations as similar QWERTY keys). > > With Mac OSX you can have as many keyboards as you want > available with one > click. > > The only occasional problem that appears is when websites > are encoded in the > antique KOI-8 system, in which case you have to select the > encoding from the > menu (again one-click). > CB > > > On 10/30/08 11:44 AM, "lucia sgueglia" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > good prices and discounts too at Deep Apple - check > website, give a look to > > shop in Moscow Tverskaja-Jamskaja if I am not wrong. > > But - I talk as a Mac owner and fan - it's best > choice only if you DON't work > > with russian/cirillic alphabet > > Lucia > > > > ---------------- > > LUCIA SGUEGLIA > > www.lettera22.it > > Moscow correspondent > > Poslannikov per., 11/14, kv. 63 (9° et.) > > mob. +79857825648 > > home +7 495 2612434 > > skype address: maiortom > > > > > > --- On Wed, 10/29/08, David Nitzsche-Bell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> From: David Nitzsche-Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: Re: Expat List Apple MacBook Pro and > iPhone in Moscow > >> To: "The Moscow Expat List" > <[email protected]> > >> Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 10:59 AM > >> Ricky, > >> > >> Good choice on the computer and phone. I > wouldn't > >> recommend anything else. > >> > >> iPhone - not sure any more. The new iPhone 3G > can't be > >> purchased without a contract and the old iPhones > are > >> probably not changing hands anymore. Everyone who > has one is > >> probably going to hang onto theirs. > >> > >> MacBook Pro - is that the new one you are talking > about? > >> You should be able to get it in any of the > re:Store > >> resellers, for instance in European Plaza or > Atrium or .... > >> Lotte Plaza (off Arbat). Go to apple.ru and select > >> "Kupit" and you can find all the > resellers in > >> Moscow. There are tons of them. > >> > >> David > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Expat mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > >> http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Expat mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
