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Subject: Re: Why dual boot?
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At 05:44 AM 1/27/2002, you wrote:
>This somewhat goes against the natuarl order of things,
>which I think is:
>
>1)      Buy a computer with an OS preinstalled
>2)      Use it for weeks or months
>3)      Hear about another OS
>4)      "Test Drive" the other OS
>5)      Make an erase/keep decision about the new OS
>5a)     If keep, make an erase/keep decision about the
>         preinstalled OS

Yeah, you're probably right.  I haven't done things that way for a while 
now.  Having an existing system, I usually have mapped out which OSes I 
want on my system (both directly bootable and virtual) along with a sketch 
of how my hard drive space will be allocated.  Then after backing up my 
personal data, I wipe everything out and start from scratch installing the 
OSes and the apps.  So I'm probably not "typical" in this regard at all.

--Chip Morton


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