<<I finally got my mitts on BeOS for PowerMac the other day. So I ran over to work, and tried it out. I'm impressed. Smooth installation, and very snappy OS.>>
Where did you get it? Through MacTech or through Code Warrior? I'm going to try and get this today. Anybody seen the issue of MacTech laying around?
<<One of the cool features, that's even a little bit jaw-dropping when you see it is that you can do live dragging of a window while it's animating!>>
That is pretty darned cool. Reminds me of the Amiga a little bit. I don't think it could do live anims while dragging, but it's about the same level above what everyone else can do that the amiga was back when I got mine. (Cool machines...maybe Apple should have bought the code for AmigaDos and Workbench....there is a good number of programs available for it, it's a BLAZING fast OS and well-tested as well :))
<<There are obviously some rough edges yet, but it looks like the start of a very good OS for handling bit slinging (video editing, sound editing, etc..)
Right now this release is missing support for video depths other than 8-bit, and the interface take a little getting used to.>>
What are some of the rough edges from what you've seen? Have you been able to get any of the programs from the net working OK? 8-bit video support is a bit wanting, but still, it's a cool OS.
<<Of course they need high level services like QuickTime, and they need an application base, but if they can manage that, they've got a winner.
Oh yeah -- I was running on a PowerWave 132 (PPC 604), and the speed was quite good.>>
I thought they were able to play QT movies without any problems?. The thing that's holding it up from my perspective is that it doesn't support serial I/O yet, which keeps you from using all that power on the internet (at least that's what I've read about this release). Bummer.
