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You can switch from Mac and Windows (on a Mac) with just a couple of keyboard clicks within a Mac - without rebooting. I understand the Windows is not running in a virtual environment someplace prior to this.. I have no idea how it's done, I don't have a Mac.
Many Linux distros also have this feature. On a Linux the machine does shutdown and boot directly into your other OS bypassing the choices on the boot screen you would normally see when you dual boot.
These days people are using 1 and 2 terabyte drives with 8, 16, 24, 32 or more gigabytes of Ram. Why can't Microsoft create a feature that lets you fast switch to your next OS on the fly?
( idea that may not be viable) This could be done in Ram perhaps.. have both operating systems loaded at the same time on system start and wait until they are called on.. You can switch back and forth from Linux to windows for example as easily as you switch windows application. I think there has to be a way to do this without virtualization that allows either OS to access the pc hardware on the fly.
What do you think?
Many Linux distros also have this feature. On a Linux the machine does shutdown and boot directly into your other OS bypassing the choices on the boot screen you would normally see when you dual boot.
These days people are using 1 and 2 terabyte drives with 8, 16, 24, 32 or more gigabytes of Ram. Why can't Microsoft create a feature that lets you fast switch to your next OS on the fly?
( idea that may not be viable) This could be done in Ram perhaps.. have both operating systems loaded at the same time on system start and wait until they are called on.. You can switch back and forth from Linux to windows for example as easily as you switch windows application. I think there has to be a way to do this without virtualization that allows either OS to access the pc hardware on the fly.
What do you think?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 64 bit
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavillion G7-2251dx
- CPU
- AMD A-8 4500M
- Memory
- 8 Gigabytes DDR3 sdram
- Graphics Card(s)
- Discrete ATI Radeon HD 7640G with 2 Gigs
- Sound Card
- IDT Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17.3
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x900
- Hard Drives
- 500 gig
- Internet Speed
- 3.5 mb/sec