The recent messages about problems with OS X have set me thinking about Apple's "multilingual" OS. Unfortunately, at the moment this is still more hype than reality.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, OS X 10.2.2 is unable to print to my Epson PS printer, which only has a Japanese PPD. Previous versions of OS X, and even an English version of OS 9, were able to use this printer but 10.2.2 crashes every time if English is the primary language for the OS. If Japanese is the primary language, then applications can print to the printer. So it appears OS X is not so multilingual after all. Other language shortcomings include OS X applications that do not run unless Japanese is the primary language (EG Word Pure), or have reduced functionality when English is the primary language (Jamming 3.0.3 and (apparently) the Japanese version of MS Office v.X). While I still prefer OS X to my Windows 2000 PC, at least English Windows 2000 is able to run Japanese applications without throwing a fit. Mark Smith. --------------------------------------------------- The Nisus Interactive List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/nisus-interactive%40nisus.com/ To unsubscribe from this list please send a message with "unsubscribe nisus-interactive" in the body of the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
