- #ROSETTA STONE AUDIO COMPANION CD MAC OS#
- #ROSETTA STONE AUDIO COMPANION CD INSTALL#
- #ROSETTA STONE AUDIO COMPANION CD PATCH#
- #ROSETTA STONE AUDIO COMPANION CD SOFTWARE#
- #ROSETTA STONE AUDIO COMPANION CD LICENSE#
The CD cases (they’re really more like a folding CD sleeve) had a bit of a problem. While I have nothing more to tell you about the box, I would like to note some design flaws that it seems to have. I know what you’re thinking, “Felirc, you must be done with the packaging by now”. I can tell you that it’s fairly comfortable, but I ended up using my normal microphone and speakers, so I can’t speak to the quality of the device. Once you’re finally through all of that, you can remove your insert and retrieve your free USB headset. Your remaining cases are dedicated to your audio companions, each one being made for a different level.
#ROSETTA STONE AUDIO COMPANION CD INSTALL#
In the first CD case you’ll find all of your Rosetta Stone lessons along with the main install DVD. In the package you’ve got four different fold-out CD cases, each of which hold four CDs/DVDs.
#ROSETTA STONE AUDIO COMPANION CD LICENSE#
You get your standard fare of users guide, end user license agreement, quickstart guides, and a complimentary sticker that carries the Rosetta Stone symbol. Once you fold this thing away, you’ll find that you have a startlingly large stack of books, papers, and CD cases hiding beneath it. Just thought I should mention that… *whistles* It’s another brightly colored piece of cardboard that says, “Rosetta Stone,” followed by another line that says, “Language Learning Success.” I would like to note that they separated the two sentences on the insert. Inside the drawer we find an insert covering everything. There’s a “drawer” that slides out from the right side to reveal the entire collection of materials. I’m not sure how they made this thing, but it seems to hold up rather well. Once you remove this cheery outer cover, you are confronted with the hardest cardboard box I’ve ever seen.
In addition to its bright colors, it’s covered in images of people from all over the world smiling, presumably from the vast amounts of money they were paid for just standing there smiling being so happy with their Rosetta Stone experience. It has a rather vibrant yellow color that matches my Langenscheidt dictionary quite nicely. The box has a thin cardboard cover that’s extremely bright and cheery. Why the box? Mostly because I can, but also because it actually has a very nice box.
So, in retro review fashion (like three months ago), I shall start with the box.
#ROSETTA STONE AUDIO COMPANION CD PATCH#
So this is basically my word of warning to those that either can’t patch or don’t trust the patches to have fixed the problems. Now, if you happen to be running one of the operating systems listed above and still want to try the program out, you might find that you don’t have as many problems as I did.
#ROSETTA STONE AUDIO COMPANION CD SOFTWARE#
The only reason I bring this up is that there were several problems that I had with this software that may have been fixed by a patch. To make matters worse, when I called the company to find out if there was an online source I could download the patch from, they told me that Rosetta Stone doesn’t work under Linux. When I attempted to download the patch, the program crashed. I’m running Rosetta Stone in a virtual environment that has it up and running, but I’m unable to patch my software. So, what has this done to my usage of the program? Actually, surprisingly little.
#ROSETTA STONE AUDIO COMPANION CD MAC OS#
Rosetta Stone is only supported under Windows Vista / 2000 / XP, and Mac OS X, while I’m using Linux. Now before I get into what I like and dislike about this program, I would like to make a little note about my situation. The idea really is pretty decent, and I imagine a lot of people would benefit from this style of language learning. The idea is that you’ll associate everything you see with an image rather than tying it to a word you know. This is a very fancy term that means they’re going to be using pictures to convey the meaning of the various sentences to you. So, what method does Rosetta Stone use to teach you the language? It uses what they call “Dynamic Immersion”. Right now, if you were to buy this set, you could get it for the bargain retail price of $539 (or just shy of most community college Japanese courses). Of course, that’s how they’re drawing you in. Just look at that, even the name sounds impressive. Once my uncle found out that I was actually going through the effort to learn the language, he surprised me and bought the “Rosetta Stone Japanese Level 1, 2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion”.
See, I was actually rather happy with my Yan and the Japanese People. I’ll be honest – I didn’t spend a penny on it. Let’s face it, this is the big fish of language learning.
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