Windows DVDs with foreign languages printed on it?

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  1. itsmemario1

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  2. 12 lb Turkey

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    W7/8/10 DVD's were available in other languages. Depends on the market size.
    But many "professional" users bought an English language edition, so they knew software apps would always run it on.
     
  3. Enthousiast

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    I think he means the printed txt on the actual media, ofcourse windows was available in 38-ish languages but the printed txt not, it seems.
     
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  4. Carlos Detweiller

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    I own SystemBuilder licenses and the discs are printed in German, IIRC.
     
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  5. EPRob

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    Heck I still have some of these disc stored away for safe keeping. en-US

    edit: Just checked my collection XP x64 Pre-release disc. In original packaging sleeve. That's got to be worth some money.
     
  6. 12 lb Turkey

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    What I meant was I knew people who didn't bother using their local edition media, and decided they want the US-English versions anyway.
     
  7. Carlos Detweiller

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    Basically, yes. I'm also always using en-US ISOs, but licenses are usually only available in the local language. And not all licenses can be activated everywhere, some are locked to specific economical areas.

    There are some exceptions for multi-language support, like

    - everything up to and including XP was language-specific, including updates,
    - for Vista and Win7, only the highest SKUs (Ultimate and Enterprise) even had the capability to change languages (technically, all could, but it was disabled for lower SKUs),
    - there are still SingleLanguage SKUs available in multiple, but pinned to one specific language for Windows 8.x, 10 and 11.

    And there are locked SKUs where you have no choice at all (CountrySpecific, EnterpriseG).


    Most "normal" customers purchase their local language SKUs.
     
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  8. itsmemario1

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    Allright, english (international), german, korean, chinese and maybe a Win7 from Israel.
    But thats it. Hard to find stuff it seems.
     
  9. Dark Vador

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    I think I was have few cd with Hebrew title
    But I prefer English version us keyboard
    Today I have zero cd , *since i believe*,
    most of us, moved to usb storage devices
     
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  10. Carlos Detweiller

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    Be cautious with that statement, you're not speaking for all. I still have many CD, DVD and some BluRay burners, plenty of media. Also, tons of floppy disks (3.5" and 5.25") plus drive hardware. We are not the same.
     
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  11. Dark Vador

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    OK, i will admit, i still have an external DVD reader,
    but barely used, since the invention of the USB memory stick
    and i don't believe i will use it, so, that fix my statement :D
    and i want ask my dad now, if he can found me some of his old dvd,
    just to show you.
     
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  12. xploitmachine

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    most are just OEM .. provided just to specific manufacturers :)