Which Windows version

Ken Smith kens at 180solutions.com
Thu Dec 19 20:12:18 EST 2002


I'd recommend either Windows XP Professional (not Home), or Windows 2000
Professional.  The former, because it's packed with so many more
features, is probably a bit buggier and a bit less stable than the
latter, and apart from its startup time, is generally thought to be
slower than Windows 2000.  But it has more built-in language features,
is likely to be supported longer than Windows 2000, and isn't really
*that* much buggier than W2K.  (Both of them are light years ahead of
Windows 95, 98, or ME, both in terms of features and stability.)

Because of the growth of Unicode as a standard, and because of the much
improved OS and application support, unless you have very specialized
needs, you'll find that the situation with fonts and interoperability is
generally satisfactory.  I've been able to cut and paste Greek from
Bible Windows into Word and PowerPoint (using Arial Unicode) without any
qualms or complaints; ditto with Perseus and many other Greek/Hebrew
websites.

Ken Smith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander Rhys Hopkins [mailto:alexali at surf.net.au]
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 8:08 PM
> To: Biblical Languages
> 
> I am about to upgrade my computer.  Of the current flavours of
Windows, is
> one preferable to others for working in Greek, and, if so, why?
> 
> I perhaps hardly need explain that I have very little knowledge of
Unicode
> fonts, operating systems, and the like.  However, I do have some
> experience in writing in Visual Basic and have written a program to
manage
> all my notes on Greek words, grammatical constructions, etc.  It is
> unfortunate, as is now obvious to me but was not when I started six or
> more years ago, that I early on took the decision to base this program
on
> a proprietary font that comes with the BibleWorks for Windows program,
> which means that my work is of little value for others.  I am
wondering,
> then, how close we are to resolving problems with fonts and other
> technical difficulties built into the past.
> 
> With thanks for any input,
> 
> Dr Alex Hopkins
> Melbourne, Australia
> 
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