There's something that has been milling around my head for a while, now. And sorry, just in case this conversation exists elsewhere. The search function kidnapped my sister. Software I've found regarding this subject, namely vmware and MS Virtual PC, have not satiated my desire. Software like this creates virtual hardware that's a little sad and slow to run. Not to mention that it's only for testing a non-resource intensive program. Also the limitations regarding transferring files to a real HDD from the VM are horrid, and there's so many risks involved in mounting a real HDD inside the VM that I'm scared to even attempt it. My point is, virtual machines are cool and all, but they're not what I need. I've been looking for something that's more than a dual boot. If anyone knows of anything about this, I would be grateful. I've heard multiple bits and pieces but never the whole story as to the existence of this possibility. Specifically, I want to be able to suspend my activity on one OS (Say I'm currently working on Vista), wait a few moments and switch to another and let it boot up. Then once the other OS boots (Which would be XP or some flavor of linux), I'd like to be able to suspend that and return to Vista as quickly as one would return after hibernating or something similar. Like a few seconds, that's my gist. I want to use my physical hardware, not emulated junk. To me, not having to shut everything down and restart just to use another shell/OS would be fantastic, and it is a holy grail, in my opinion. Even better would be running them both at the SAME TIME, swappable with a keyboard shortcut. That would be amazing. I mean, I have a dual-core CPU for a reason, let me use both actively. Dreams. But if anyone knows anything at all about this fantasy, make it a reality, please. Bring it to light. It would be appreciated so, so much.
