The C64x-EXTREME comes pre-imaged with Mint 11 and will dual boot with the retro inspired Commodore OS Vision when released.

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The BeOS is not intended to compete with Microsoft's Windows operating system, but rather coexists with Windows under a dual boot-up and dual operating systems strategy.

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While it can be used on its own, Canonical mostly sees it being used in a dual-boot environment with Windows (giving Canonical a bigger foothold in the process).

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What's more, if you saw the first part of this upgrade diary, then you'll know I was aiming for a trickier-than-average setup, with Windows 8 Pro running on a brand new and untouched SSD, alongside Windows 7 Ultimate running in dual-boot mode on my old HDD.

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We're talking the best Microsoft's partners have to offer: twisting screens, dual screens, 8-second boot-up times.

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However, we found ourselves most impressed by the customized versions of ThinkFree Office Mobile, which enable dual-screen viewing and editing of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents, plus PDF viewing to boot.

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