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I remember trying out BeOS on my PC in the late 90's. I was astonished that it supported my ASUS V3000 AGP video card out of the box. Windows NT couldn't do tha

by sedatk 4y ago

I remember trying out BeOS on my PC in the late 90's. I was astonished that it supported my ASUS V3000 AGP video card out of the box. Windows NT couldn't do that; you had to install drivers. Everything worked just right with BeOS. Even its web browser (Netwatch?) was on par with Internet Explorer of the era. I was very impressed to say the least.

classichasclass 4y ago
NetPositive. Surprisingly capable for the time, very fast. They basically wrote it from scratch. For PowerPC BeOS, it was your only choice (x86 BeOS got Mozilla and Opera, and maybe a couple others).
- sedatk 4y ago
  Yes, it had easily surpassed Netscape which was supposed to be the veteran of the era.