Re: I'm sure glad I didn't buy a Mac Mini!

In article <StydnZ2oeuBZQUbanZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Hasta La Vista" <noemail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"C Lund" <clund@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:clund-13F0EB.10442612032008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yep. Reason? OSX.
How is that a reason to pay so much more for a computer?
Because you want to *use* your computer.
How is it you're exchanging messages with me if OSX is required to
*use*
a computer?
Because you're happy with "usually works, sorta".
No I'm not.
An example of "usually works, sorta" is when I send an email to
somebody using Outlook. If that email contains european characters,
such as æ, ø, or å, there's a pretty good chance that Outlook will
replace them with chinese characters. This is because of MS's crappy
implementation of UTF-8. I think this might also be a problem with
Word.
It might be an example if it actually were true.

It *is* true. Try googling the topic and you'll find others who
experience the same things. Hey, I'll even google one for you:

"A problem in a current Rails app just found a decent solution, as
Danish letters like æøå did not show up decently. It turned out
(surprise) that Outlook had a problem accepting UTF-8 charset."

http://justaddwater.dk/2007/11/21/converting-utf-8-data-to-outlook-comp
atible-charset/

I have no trouble seeing
your æ, ø or å as they should be, and I can easily type them back to you.

Good for you. There are people I email regularly who do have the
problem I described. Just because you are lucky enough to have a
Windows system that can handle these letters doesn't mean that
everybody does. It just means that Windows isn't consistent.

--
C Lund, folk.uio.no/clund/
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