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Originally Posted by pottsynz
I wasn't really interested until OSX, but now I want one.
My favourite OS is BeOS, anyone else tried that?
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Loved the promise that BeOS offered. I remember first receiving Dev Release 2 in an issue of MacWorld. I installed that sucker on a ZIP Disk and booted my Performa 6400/180 off of it. It ran faster than Mac OS 8 running on the internal HD. OMG. It was beautiful.
I was then crushed when they stopped supporting Mac hardware once the G3 came out.
A couple of years ago, I picked up a PowerMac 9500 180MP on the cheap specifically with the purpose of playing with BeOS. I remember excitingly loading it up as I thought back to what I experienced in DR2. Once I was there, I played around a little bit, but quickly realized I didn't care any more. OSX had long since come and fulfilled BeOS's promise andI was fine without it.
But I do think that had Be been able to stay afloat and continue developing BeOS, the computer world would be a much more interesting place today.