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Summary: A Great Operating System for Programming and Multimedia Fun
Review: I use the BeOS to work with the great C++ development environment, the GNU command line tools, and lots of fun programs. The BeOS Bible is an excellent book covering everything about the BeOS and has depth that you won't find in other Bible style books. Gobe productive is a cool integrated office app with word processing, graphics, charting, spreadsheet, presentation and a great simple to use user interface. It is surprising good and fun to use. If you don't like the way Microsoft treats the world, Linux is too much work and MacOS doesn't run on your computer, then BeOS may be for you. Give it a try, you can have the same fun I am having - it really is fun to use BeOS. And you can always boot back into windows to run your games : )
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Summary: Best OS I've ever used...
Review: I've used various Windows OS for the past 10 years, various Linux for the past 2, and played around with Mac some. BeOS is not just different, but clearly superior in many ways. Part of the reason why is that BeOS doesn't run on top of DOS, as Windows did until recent years, and it doesn't run on top of Unix, like Linux and Mac OS X. BeOS instead started with a clean paper and wrote code to do the various jobs required of a modern OS in the most efficient way possible. Additionally, BeOS uses 'pervasive multithreading' allowing commands to execute much more rapidly. The combined result is that the system is much less bloated, and truly is faster than anything I've ever seen. BeOS running on a Pentium 233 is MUCH faster than Win XP or Mac OS X on a 2 gigahertz machine, simply because the code is written so much more cleanly. I had difficulty believing it myself, until I installed BeOS on my own 900 Mhz machine. The performance difference between BeOS and Windows is truly like night and day. Quite a bit comes with the OS itself. There are browsers (their own, NetPositive, plus Mozilla), CD burners and players, utilities, and applications. Gobe Productive is a software suite written for BeOS which is comparable to Microsoft Office, with a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation program etc. The BeOS Bible is over 900 pages of hints, documentation, and instructions on how to set up the OS and use it.If there is a downside, it is that (1) BeOS doesn't have drivers for every piece of hardware in existence, although it natively supports a pretty wide range. Check the Hardware Matrix at [frizbe website] to see if your hardware has been tested yet. (2) There isn't a lot of software available at the moment in stores. However, there is an active BeOS user community with quite a lot of software, drivers, and assistance online. Try [begroovy, or bebits websites] to see what is available, and links to other BeOS related sites. Just think, an entire OS, PLUS an office suite PLUS the most comprehensive manual you are likely to ever see, all for the price of a game. Ron
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Summary: This is how operating systems should be
Review: It's blazingly fast and responsive, but moreimportant than that is that Everything Just Works. You get to spend your time productively, rather than scratching your head wondering why your computer has crashed again. The downside is that only fairly modern hardware is supported, and you can't go to Frye's and find lots of Be apps on the shelf (yet), but if you bought your system in the last year or two I heartily recommend Be.
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Summary: This is how operating systems should be
Review: It's blazingly fast and responsive, but moreimportant than that is that Everything Just Works. You get to spend your time productively, rather than scratching your head wondering why your computer has crashed again. The downside is that only fairly modern hardware is supported, and you can't go to Frye's and find lots of Be apps on the shelf (yet), but if you bought your system in the last year or two I heartily recommend Be.
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Summary: The Best of the Bests...
Review: One year ago I try for first time the BeOS 4.0 and in that moment I knew that this it is the operating system for PCs of the future, it is stable and faster that other popular OS ;-), in that moment the BeOS had the inconvenience that it didn't have a wide variety of drivers for the different peripherals of the computer. At this time I installed the new version 4.5 and I find that it is spectacular, it possess more drivers support and it continues being stable and faster...
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Summary: The Best of the Bests...
Review: One year ago I try for first time the BeOS 4.0 and in that moment I knew that this it is the operating system for PCs of the future, it is stable and faster that other popular OS ;-), in that moment the BeOS had the inconvenience that it didn't have a wide variety of drivers for the different peripherals of the computer. At this time I installed the new version 4.5 and I find that it is spectacular, it possess more drivers support and it continues being stable and faster...
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Summary: A Great Operating System for Programming and Multimedia Fun
Review: The next generation GUI... Be is a robust and stable operating system. It's flexibility and interface is advanced and easy to use. I challenge anyone to install and configure any operating system faster. Have Fun!
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Summary: Stable, Fast, Robust Operating System
Review: The next generation GUI... Be is a robust and stable operating system. It's flexibility and interface is advanced and easy to use. I challenge anyone to install and configure any operating system faster. Have Fun!
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Summary: FAST, ROCK SOLID, FUN
Review: This Bundle is well worth the money. The BeOS Bible is a great referance for the OS. The Gobe Productive Office suite is also a must have. The BeOS is a very fast and reliable OS. It has a stylish and easy to use interface simmilar to MacOS. Your computer will run Multimedia applications faster than you thought possible. The BeOS is still responsive to your every command even while the PC is working on the most complex tasks. ADDED BONUS The BeOS comes with the software to duel boot windows and BeOS.
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Summary: A great alt. OS, if not the best
Review: This is an excellent operating system, offering stability, performance, and ease of use. Bundled with the BeOS Bible and Gobe Productive, you can't go wrong. You may also wish to visit the Hardware Compatibility List if you have a non-standard configuration. This is the innovation that Microsoft is stifling - put it on your computer and experience where you REALLY want to go tomorrow
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