Hmm. PCs do that with ease. I had three systems on one, triple boot option...
On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 1:22 AM, GMail Valter Psicof < [email protected]> wrote: > Il giorno 19/07/17 03:52, "'orthophonic' via iMac Group" ha scritto: > > > When phonograph records used to run at 33 1/3, 45 and 78 rpm, the > > phonograph makers let us play them on the same machine by turning a > switch. > Of course, switching OSes is much more complicated than change the > rotational speed of an electric motor (or switch a gear). :-) > > > Couldn't there be something like that on my Mac , or attached to my Mac, > > for choosing between OS 9, OS X, Intel and whatever may be next to come? > But, as matter of fact, there is: holding Option (Alt) key during boot, > makes the same thing: it allows you to choose your favourite OS. > > Of course, you have to install whatever OS you like *before* using it! ;-D > > On my iMac, I had OSX 10.6, OSX 10.9, Windows 7 and OS9 (via Classic) at my > fingertips; I could even install Linux if I fancied that. All on the same > internal drive. > I don't know many computers able to do that :-) > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
