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Does OSX support Indonesian ?
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Oct 13, 2003, 01:52 PM
 
now, does it ?

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Oct 13, 2003, 03:05 PM
 
It's not listed under "Languages" on this page, so I guess not.

What type of input does Indonesian have? It might support that.
     
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Oct 13, 2003, 03:34 PM
 
My girlfriend is from Indonesia. She is not very computer savvy though so probably couldn't figure out how to turn it on even if it did support it...
     
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That's it... I'm moving to Windows...
     
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Oct 14, 2003, 01:55 AM
 
Originally posted by Powaqqatsi:
now, does it ?

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Well, there is no special character set needed to "support Indonesian" (really, Malay in general) so even MacOS X in English would be fine.

If you mean is it localized in Indonesian, I don't think it is. Certainly the default install isn't. I don't know if there are additional language packs that can be installed.

However, if the person in question can read English enough to read the GUI, it'll work fine for writing/displaying text in bahasa melayu or bahasa indonesia.
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Oct 14, 2003, 01:58 AM
 
Originally posted by Xeo:
What type of input does Indonesian have? It might support that.
Just standard roman characters. Not even any accented characters. Here's an example web site in Bahasa Melayu:

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/2003101400112565.php
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Oct 14, 2003, 09:24 AM
 
Originally posted by moki:
Well, there is no special character set needed to "support Indonesian" (really, Malay in general) so even MacOS X in English would be fine.

If you mean is it localized in Indonesian, I don't think it is. Certainly the default install isn't. I don't know if there are additional language packs that can be installed.

However, if the person in question can read English enough to read the GUI, it'll work fine for writing/displaying text in bahasa melayu or bahasa indonesia.
Yeah, I meant localized in bahasa indonesia. Anyway, It's not important. My girlfriend just wanted to know if she could use my comp in indonesian (she's indonesian) just for fun. But she does speak dutch, french and english so no problem here.

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