Hi, Guest
11-08-2010, 06:18 AM
I have a harddrive switch from: http://www.industechnologies.com/
No dual boot for me. Flick the switch and choose which drive to boot from. Currently I have XP on one drive, Linux on the other.
Love it, except they're a little pricey. Great if you're in a situation where you want to keep things completely separate. You could erase, install, virus, hack, whatever on one drive and the other drive is complete removed from the equation. Yes the big drawback is they're very expensive, but they could be a lower cost option then having two separate computers in some situations. Work computer used by kids for example. Test system with XP/7/Linux etc on separate drives.
The first thing that impressed me with my install of Linux (Sabayon - http://www.sabayon.org/) was how many useful apps were included. After install I wasn't searching for much more. However the install didn't like my monitor resolution. To fix it, it was the equivalent to working with Windows 3.1 Not a big issue, but
not being familiar with the OS, it took time. Probably the biggest reason I don't use it. Non-user tasks are not intuitive. You have to get online and research how to do everything.
No dual boot for me. Flick the switch and choose which drive to boot from. Currently I have XP on one drive, Linux on the other.
Love it, except they're a little pricey. Great if you're in a situation where you want to keep things completely separate. You could erase, install, virus, hack, whatever on one drive and the other drive is complete removed from the equation. Yes the big drawback is they're very expensive, but they could be a lower cost option then having two separate computers in some situations. Work computer used by kids for example. Test system with XP/7/Linux etc on separate drives.
The first thing that impressed me with my install of Linux (Sabayon - http://www.sabayon.org/) was how many useful apps were included. After install I wasn't searching for much more. However the install didn't like my monitor resolution. To fix it, it was the equivalent to working with Windows 3.1 Not a big issue, but
not being familiar with the OS, it took time. Probably the biggest reason I don't use it. Non-user tasks are not intuitive. You have to get online and research how to do everything.