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BeOS DEMO VIDEO

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What it is

The official demo video from Be, Inc. showing BeOS running multiple videos, media applications and a responsive desktop on 1990s hardware.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people cite it as evidence of how fast and responsive a well-designed microkernel desktop could be on modest hardware.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's a rough idea”

    Gives an idea of BeOS performance on old hardware.

    beosrocks, 2012-04 · Recommendation · in “The Dawn of Haiku OS”

  2. “You'll appreciate what this microkernel-based, concurrency-oriented desktop is doing if you remember those days”

    Shows a responsive microkernel desktop handling video on 90s hardware

    nickpsecurity, 2016-03 · Recommendation · in “Lessons Learned from 30 Years of MINIX”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: beos, haiku, microkernel, operating systems, 90s computing

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