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| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5176 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 1537 of 1702 30 November 2014 at 5:00am | IP Logged | ||
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I bought a Mac. My old PC was so loud for a couple years I literally had it on in the closet outside off of the
balcony. I thought all PC's were that loud and I spent a few hundred dollars on really long cords so it would reach out there and the peace and quiet that resulted seemed genius. But the hot summers in Arizona took their toll and I had it back inside. I think I've had it 6 or 7 years which is pretty long for a computer anyway. I got the 1000 dollar Mac Mini. It's super quiet in terms of sound, I can't tell when it's on or off. It's silent. I've only had it one day and the biggest challenge to start was getting e-mail to work. I just learned how to install a program you download from the internet too. You don't double click it like in Windows. You drag it from left to right or some such thing. There's a big arrow to make this intuitive but I stupidly just double clicked it anyway and it wasn't until I went on Google that I figured dragging it really was the right thing to do. It's not that it didn't occur to me it just didn't feel right. And if you double click it, it will start the program, so you think you're good, but you're not. It's not installed. It's confusing. I just installed Rikai-sama and it more or less works. I can save audio to a folder and a vocabulary list. It's not playing the audio though if I hit F when I highlighting a word. Not a deal breaker but if anyone knows how to fix that I'd appreciate it. I haven't installed Dropbox yet.. basically I want to see if I can make fancy Japanese vocabulary cards on this computer like I was doing in Windows. Unfortunately, the text to speech program I used in Windows doesn't have a Mac version. Sad but it's gone. I used to use that program a lot but for the past few years I just used it for making sound for flashcards on my iPad/iPhone. Flashcards Deluxe does support TTS but the quality of the voices isn't as good as the ones I bought for TextAloud MP3. Most audio I use is native audio from Rikai-sama though. There's a built in dictionary in Mac OS so if I'm using Safari I can double click a word in Japanese and get definitions in English/Japanese. Pretty nice but Rikai-sama is definitely better. I'm not too into video games anymore so I don't think I'll miss out on those at all. I'm trying to get into Japanese games my Nintendo DS but I don't seem to have the time to get into them. I haven't looked into torrenting on Mac but I'm pretty sure you can... (that's a pretty big resource for stuff to watch for me.. but not a req). Still a work in progress but overall I'm just really happy with how silent and small this computer is. It looks a lot like an Apple TV box. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5176 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 1538 of 1702 06 December 2014 at 3:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm up in Boston now having just arrived last night. It's so different that the jlpt test is literally offered just a
couple of stops up on the orange line. It's like 15 minutes away. Tucson is such the middle of nowhere. I miss Boston. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dampingwire Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4657 days ago 1185 posts - 1513 votes Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Japanese | Message 1539 of 1702 06 December 2014 at 4:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'd completely forgotten that tomorrow is the first Sunday in December.
All the very best for JLPT N2! Don't forget to stock up on the N1 textbooks while you're in a big city ! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5974 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 1540 of 1702 06 December 2014 at 6:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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日本語能力試験頑張ってね!
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| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5176 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 1541 of 1702 07 December 2014 at 6:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well this is the first time I've showed up for the test expecting not to pass. The other two times I figured I had
a good shot at passing but not so much this time. I was talking to some college kids before registering and they've studied IN Japan but they're going for N4 only which surprised me. I think they'll pass although they're nervous. My dad was pretty disappointed when I informed him I don't expect to pass but I figure I should tell him sooner than later.. Oh Well. After this I'll switch to all Korean until the course is done and then I'm thinking I'll go back to Japanese again. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dampingwire Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4657 days ago 1185 posts - 1513 votes Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Japanese | Message 1542 of 1702 08 December 2014 at 2:35pm | IP Logged | ||
I've never really known how the JLPT tests went even after the event. I've certainly thought I might have scraped a pass but with most exams a school I felt I knew how it had gone. I guess by February you'll actually know. These exams don't mean anything for your career or anything do they? They're just for your personal satisfaction aren't they? My parents certainly weren't worried whether I passed or failed. Actually, my Mom more or less said, "That's nice. So you'll stop studying now?" :-) TOPIK seems to have 6 levels and includes a written test, in case you need another challenge! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5176 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 1543 of 1702 08 December 2014 at 4:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well they probably don't mean anything unless I go teach English in Japan and then they would be very
helpful on the resume. I didn't pass but I didn't feel like the material was really above me which is frustrating since more studying and I would have made it. But I was expecting this. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5176 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 1544 of 1702 08 December 2014 at 7:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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They need an add on that days are you sure you want to navigate away from this page and lose the text you
just entered? I pressed the wrong button by mistake on this phone. I think I'll write out again when I have a proper keyboard. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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