Comments on: iPhone and Apple in China http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/ New Media researcher Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:42:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: iphone games music http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-200427 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:47:35 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-200427 Nice blog, i have added it to my favourites, greetings Nice blog, i have added it to my favourites, greetings

]]> by: eccparis http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-104355 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:59:41 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-104355 Andrew wrote: "Apple has never made a commitment to good Chinese input. I own a Mac and run Windows as well, and the Chinese input options for the Windows are far superior to the Mac." Can you be serious???! I switched to a Mac in 2002 precisely because Chinese input was such a nightmare on my Windows PC (in French version since I live in Paris)! In fact, after spending thousands of $$ on Windows & Chinese software upgrades, I made the leap when a friend who works at... Microsoft in Seattle told me that the Office Suite for Mac was actually a superior product to that for Windows. Given my experiences on various PCs (with Windows in Chinese, in English and in French) and then Macs (with OS X in both English and French), I can say unequivocally that Chinese input in Mac OS X is FAR superior to Windows. What's more, in the French version of Mac OS X, I can even convert instantly between simplified and traditional Chinese. Does Windows offer such a useful tool, which is necessary for my work? Andrew wrote:

“Apple has never made a commitment to good Chinese input. I own a Mac and run Windows as well, and the Chinese input options for the Windows are far superior to the Mac.”

Can you be serious???!

I switched to a Mac in 2002 precisely because Chinese input was such a nightmare on my Windows PC (in French version since I live in Paris)! In fact, after spending thousands of $$ on Windows & Chinese software upgrades, I made the leap when a friend who works at… Microsoft in Seattle told me that the Office Suite for Mac was actually a superior product to that for Windows.

Given my experiences on various PCs (with Windows in Chinese, in English and in French) and then Macs (with OS X in both English and French), I can say unequivocally that Chinese input in Mac OS X is FAR superior to Windows.

What’s more, in the French version of Mac OS X, I can even convert instantly between simplified and traditional Chinese.

Does Windows offer such a useful tool, which is necessary for my work?

]]> by: mad apple http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-99044 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:04:21 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-99044 i don't think mac is inferior to window on support of chinese input. your claim of mac os x sucks on chinese is way off. as far as i know the problem is on applications. your friend is stuck to os 9 because that is the mac os which supported by adobe on chinese characters. i don't think adobe or any other app vendors are spending any efforts to include chinese support because the piracy is so rampant there that they are not making any money out of it. meanwhile local chinese company never ever work to provide chinese support on a MAC. they only care about window support. i don’t think mac is inferior to window on support of chinese input. your claim of mac os x sucks on chinese is way off. as far as i know the problem is on applications. your friend is stuck to os 9 because that is the mac os which supported by adobe on chinese characters. i don’t think adobe or any other app vendors are spending any efforts to include chinese support because the piracy is so rampant there that they are not making any money out of it. meanwhile local chinese company never ever work to provide chinese support on a MAC. they only care about window support.

]]> by: crunchy fruit http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-95140 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:04:11 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-95140 Actually, Apple recently stated that they will be opening their first Apple Store in China in 2008. It will be in Beijing. Actually, Apple recently stated that they will be opening their first Apple Store in China in 2008. It will be in Beijing.

]]> by: Andrew http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-79244 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:07:57 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-79244 Scot, not likely. There are Authorized Apple resellers here already, but no prospects for a fullblown Apple Store. Scot, not likely. There are Authorized Apple resellers here already, but no prospects for a fullblown Apple Store.

]]> by: scot http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-79032 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:30:20 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-79032 actually I'm not sure if that is true anymore. Apple stores will be in China before the Olympics hit. actually I’m not sure if that is true anymore. Apple stores will be in China before the Olympics hit.

]]> by: andrew http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-14241 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:08:52 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-14241 Thanks for that pointer to the article. It's even more bleak than I had imagined. Thanks for that pointer to the article. It’s even more bleak than I had imagined.

]]> by: lawrence http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-14223 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:06:16 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/01/31/iphone-and-apple-in-china/#comment-14223 Apple China reality check: http://it.sohu.com/20060825/n244994326.shtml Apple China reality check:

http://it.sohu.com/20060825/n244994326.shtml

]]>