What do you call...

[Force Flow]

A PC with 3 O/S's is called a triple boot system.

A PC with 2 O/S's is called a dual boot system.

What do you call a PC with 4 O/S's? A quad-boot system?

[doctorgonzo]

That's what I would call it. If I wanted to pitch it on TV, I would call it "Quadraboot technology" or something similar.

[Demosthenes]

Well, consider Unreal Tournament:

2 is "Double Kill"
3 is "Multi Kill"
4 is "Mega Kill"
5 is "Ultra Kill"
6 is "Monster Kill"
Anything above this is marketed as "versatile".

These translate over to Computer hardware quite nicely. Thus you have a "Mega Kill Boot"

Respectfully,

Demosthenes

[Force Flow]

Originally posted by Demosthenes
These translate over to Computer hardware quite nicely. Thus you have a "Mega Kill Boot"

ROLF! :D :D


I just did a google seach for these:
"Quad boot" - 311 hits
"Quadraboot" - 1 hit
"Quadra boot" - 111 hits

It certainly isn't very common... :p

[reboot]

I just use "multi-boot" for anything over 2.

[lil Jimmie]

I use multi-boot for anything over two as well.

Multi-kill works for me

[Force Flow]

Thanks guys! :)

[sleepypost]

Force Flow, Logically, the name should be "quadruple boot".

[Force Flow]

quadruple boot - 102 hits in google. ;)

Logically, but it sure is a mouthful! :p

[sleepypost]

yea well think about a boot with 8. an "Octagonal Boot" (pronounced: oc-TAG-o-nal, not: oc-ta-GON-al) :)

[Force Flow]

How many people do you think actuall have that many O/S's on their system?

[Demosthenes]

As long as we are being proper:
Would it not be "Octal Boot"?
"Octagonal", I thought, refers to geometry and polygons, whereas the base, "octal", refers to anything of a factor of 8. (i.e. an octal number system, octal music pitch, etc).

Just technicalities. ;)

Respectfully,

Demosthenes