Running UK English Snow Leopard on spanish-bought MacBook Pro?
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From: Peter Kemp on 11 Mar 2010 15:38 Folks, A friend living in Spain is looking to buy a Macbook Pro. For a variety of reasons, he expects to buy it locally. I'm assuming he'll only be able to get it with a spanish keyboard and that Snow Leopard's language will be in Spanish. I can answer most of his questions, but there are two where I'd only be guessing: a) Will there be a way to re-install the software which comes with the machine so it runs UK Snow Leopard? If so, great. If not, would he be OK to buy the �25.00 UK Snow Leopard and install it? b) Assuming he does get UK Snow Leopard installed OK, will the spanish keyboard upset things? (For example, what will happen to the key which has the letter n with the tilde over it - will it just not do anything?) I'd appreciate the group's comments. Thanks Peter P.S. Are there any 'gotchas' I should know about?
From: Chris Ridd on 11 Mar 2010 16:12 On 2010-03-11 20:38:10 +0000, Peter Kemp said: > Folks, > > A friend living in Spain is looking to buy a Macbook Pro. For a variety > of reasons, he expects to buy it locally. I'm assuming he'll only be > able to get it with a spanish keyboard and that Snow Leopard's > language will be in Spanish. > > I can answer most of his questions, but there are two where I'd only be > guessing: > > a) Will there be a way to re-install the software which comes with the > machine so it runs UK Snow Leopard? If so, great. If not, would he be > OK to buy the �25.00 UK Snow Leopard and install it? > > b) Assuming he does get UK Snow Leopard installed OK, will the spanish > keyboard upset things? (For example, what will happen to the key which > has the letter n with the tilde over it - will it just not do > anything?) There *is* no UK version of Snow Leopard AIUI. There's one international version that supports all regions/keyboards/etc. In /System/Library/Keyboard Layouts/AppleKeyboardLayouts.bundle/Contents/Resources there are references to lots of keyboards and languages. There are two different Spanish keyboards according to the InfoPlist.strings files under that directory: "Spanish" = "Spanish"; "Spanish - ISO" = "Spanish - ISO"; I don't know what the differences are. -- Chris
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 11 Mar 2010 17:36 On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:38:10 +0000, Peter Kemp <peterk13(a)nospam.ntlworld.com> wrote: >Folks, > >A friend living in Spain is looking to buy a Macbook Pro. For a variety >of reasons, he expects to buy it locally. I'm assuming he'll only be >able to get it with a spanish keyboard and that Snow Leopard's >language will be in Spanish. > >I can answer most of his questions, but there are two where I'd only be >guessing: > >a) Will there be a way to re-install the software which comes with the >machine so it runs UK Snow Leopard? If so, great. If not, would he be >OK to buy the �25.00 UK Snow Leopard and install it? No need - just change the language settings. >b) Assuming he does get UK Snow Leopard installed OK, will the spanish >keyboard upset things? (For example, what will happen to the key which >has the letter n with the tilde over it - will it just not do >anything?) He gets the choice of either using the keyboard in Spanish mode, where the keys will match the letters entered on the screen, or setting it to eg UK mode, where the keys won't necessarily match. >P.S. Are there any 'gotchas' I should know about? Not really, apart from the mismatch thing. I used to buy all my portables from the US, which has a mildly different layout to the English keyboard. You just get used to working with it, whichever way you choose. Cheers - Jaimie -- "Don't drag me down to your level, meat." -- Red Robot #C-63
From: John Swinbank on 12 Mar 2010 05:50 In article <110320102038103064%peterk13(a)nospam.ntlworld.com>, Peter Kemp <peterk13(a)nospam.ntlworld.com> wrote: > I'm assuming he'll only be > able to get it with a spanish keyboard Not necessarily. When I bought my MBP (from the Apple Store online) in the Netherlands, I was offered the choice of a Dutch, US or International English keyboard. Cheers, John
From: Peter Kemp on 12 Mar 2010 07:06
In article <110320102038103064%peterk13(a)nospam.ntlworld.com>, Peter Kemp <peterk13(a)nospam.ntlworld.com> wrote: <snip> > > a) Will there be a way to re-install the software which comes with the > machine so it runs UK Snow Leopard? > > b) Assuming he does get UK Snow Leopard installed OK, will the spanish > keyboard upset things? <snip> > > P.S. Are there any 'gotchas' I should know about? Thanks for the ever-helpful and useful replies, folks: better than I'd hoped! (As is so often the case, there are options and utilities hidden away in OS X which *I've* never needed, so I had no idea they were lurking under the surface.) Much obliged... Peter |