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> This was on single-core processors in the two or low three digits of MHz, mind you, with 128MB of RAM if you were really lucky. Actually, BeOS ran at first o
by hcarvalhoalves 10y ago
> This was on single-core processors in the two or low three digits of MHz, mind you, with 128MB of RAM if you were really lucky.
Actually, BeOS ran at first on proprietary hardware (BeBox), which featured dual or quad PowerPCs, and it was initially designed to make use of the multiple processors. Only later it got ported for Intel platform where single-processor was more common, but it was meant to shine on multi-processor boards.
- acomjean 10y agoI had it running on a powerPC mac clone (Power computing machine) 200 mhz. Ran great but the lack of software made it hard. In historical context as Apple's internal OS upgrade program failed, and they bought Next Computer instead of Be (rumored to be an option). The rest is history.. "Power Computing, cognizant of (Apple CEO) Amelio’s attitude toward the clones, attempted to avoid keeping all its eggs in Apple’s basket. It began to actively support Jean Louis Gassée’s BeOS. Be’s first public demonstrations were on Power 120’s (upgraded versions of the Power 80), and Power Computing began selling machines outfitted with BeOS out of the box, thus bypassing Apple’s 7.25% royalty." from: http://lowendmac.com/2014/power-computing-fighting-back-for-the-mac-or-stealing-apples-customers/ http://lowendmac.com/2014/power-computing-fighting-back-for-...
- ashark 10y agoYeah, but I only ever ran it on Intel (mostly a Pentium 166mhz--luxury, I know!), and that's the best way to compare its performance to other consumer operating systems at the time anyway. Never had the pleasure to use a BeBox.