At 11:48 PM 6/15/2007, Jeff Wright wrote: >But, in between the time when I couldn't read the text and finally could, it >gave me the idea of how cool it would be if you could carry around your OS >and apps on a chip, maybe data too. Imagine being able to walk up to any >computer with the right slot and just plug in *your* computer. Work on it, >pop it out when you're done and nothing left behind except the hardware to >run it. > >I can't be the first to think of this. Anyone know of research going on in >this regard?
I'd love to be able to do this with today's external hard drives, just plugging into the USB (or FireWire) port. The reason you can't do this is because of Microsoft's policy. They would lose a lot of sales of the OS if what you advocate above would work. The real reason for the Registry is copy prevention. For those applications that don't require registry entries to run, you can run the app from an external drive just fine. My Eudora mail client is a prime example. I suspect you can boot from an external hard drive with modern motherboards, although I haven't tried it. Of course, to move around, you have to have drivers loaded for all the hardware (or at least the video cards) you will encounter wherever you may plug in your portable hard drive. Fred Holmes ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
