Re: [TCLUG:10536] off topic [BeOs]

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

I've been playing around with 4.5 here.  It's fast, has a decent gui, but
not really many applications.  It can be a tad picky about hardware, but
it's worth a good roll in the hay if you can get it running on your
system.

Peter Lukas

On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, Robert Sinland wrote:

> 
>   I have heard a murmur or two in the past on this list about
> BeOS.  I was wondering if anyone here had tried and used
> it much (or at all) and what their initial impressions were.
>   They make some pretty hard to believe claims at the home
> website for it. Installs in 15 mins.  Apps load instantly, no waiting, etc..
> well actually this is what they said...
>  Speed without limits.
>                         BeOS boots in less than 20 seconds;
>                         applications load faster than you ever
>                         thought possible. System response is
>                         immediate. And all operations are available all
>                         the time; no waiting for one command to
>                         finish before you execute another. Launch
>                         applications, switch windows, go online. And
>                         do it all right now.
> 
>   Any informed opinions out there?
> RS
> 
> 
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