On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:37:28 +0900, throwaway.account@gmail.com
(Throwaway Account) brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>I'm in the market for a new computer, this time a Windows OS laptop.  I
>have problems with my trusty Mac English OS 9.2 when using Japanese
>print drivers.  The characters come out as gibberish (mojibake) in the
>display.  Input for programs like MS Word, etc. is no problem using
>kotoeri.
>
>The new computer will be a Windows XP system.  So, the big question is
>whether to get a laptop with English OS (and English keyboard) or
>Japanese OS (and Japanese keyboard).  
>
>I plan to use English 80% of the time and Japanese 20% of the time.
>
>Are many of you using English OS with Japanese input?  How does this
>work?

I don't know about many of us. But this particular one of us uses the
Japanese edition of XP. But with me English usage probably accounts
for close to 99%.





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                                Dr. Howard Sprague
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                                Mount Pilot College