Which Windows version
David J. Perry
perryd at telocity.com
Thu Dec 19 23:22:54 EST 2002
If you are purchasing a new machine, your choices are Win XP home or Win
XP professional. As far as fonts and so forth go, there is basically no
difference between the two. You can, if you try, still get Win 2000 but
there's no reason to avoid XP (and some reasons to prefer it).
I have written a book that discusses issues relating to fonts and word
processing as they affect scholars in classics, biblical studies, and
medieval studies. It's a couple of years old, which is a long time in
the computer world (an update is in the works for this spring) but
nonetheless it is a good introduction to Unicode and related topics; you
might find it helpful. See http://members.telocity.com/~perryd/ .
It's perfectly practical now to work with Unicode Greek as long as you
are dealing with standard Greek texts (including NT). There are some
issues that affect epigraphy, non-Attic dialects, etc., that still are
not adequately addressed but you won't get into these.
David
> 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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