Set up choice of partition to boot on every start up instead of one or the other?

I have an iMac 24", using Mountain Lion. I have partitioned another section to run Windows 7 (64 bit).
My favorite keyboard is a Microsoft 6000 wireless one.
On startup I would ideally love to see the choice screen come up so I can choose to boot in OS X or Windows. I don't want to have to push and hold the Option key on the Apple mouse.
When I go to system preferences I can only choose to boot in one or the other, but don't see any option to have the choice of either be automatic on start up.
Is there a way to do it?
Alternately I haven't been able to redefine or change the keys on my Microsoft 6000 wireless keyboard to act as the option key like on the imac keyboard.
I tried to push and hold alt, didn't do anything. I tried the key witht he windows logo on it, same result nothing. Control key , didn't work .
ANy suggestions appreciated.
Thanks,
Francesco De Santis

I installed Quick Boot and although it's a practical way to boot once you are in one or the other partition it isn't what I'm wanting to set up. It is useful enough to keep on there though.
When my iMac is turned off and I push the power button to turn it on the screen I want to have automatically show up is the same screen I would get if I used an apple keyboard and pushed the Option key on start up. Only I don't want to use the Apple keyboard and if I did want to use the Apple keyboard my preference would be to set up the power up so that it wouldn't boot in one or the other partition, it would not boot at all initially, just go to the screen that offers a choice in what to boot with (as if I did push and hold the Option key).
I haven't tried Boot Runner, because I don't want to spend $10 only to find out it runs like Quickboot.
I read a bit on rEFlnd but there was quite a bit there to digest and got intimidating. If it will do what I want to set up I would take the time to get past my "intimidation" barrier. Anybody know if rEFlnd will do it?

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