Linked by Scot Hacker on Mon 17th Dec 2001 17:34 UTC
The story of how a BeOS refugee (and not just everyone, but the author of the 'BeOS Bible' book) lost faith in the future of computing, resigned himself to Windows but found himself bored silly, tore out half his hair at the helm of a Linux box, then rediscovered the joy of computing in MacOSX. Scot Hacker will describe his personal adventures with today's operating systems after he was set out to find an alternative to his beloved (but with no apparent future) BeOS. Update: Make sure you read the second part of the article, a rebutal, found here.
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>"Anyone who has ever spent time with BeOS is forever spoiled...". That line really hits home;
Exactly!!! When I wrote that piece on MacOSX some months ago, writting that I was not happy with the speed of 10.1, I was flamed, badly, by the MacOS lovers. But the above sentence REALLY explains why I was *expecting* "more" from MacOSX. If Apple wants me to switch, it will have to have the speed of BeOS. Why? Because this is what I am looking for! I am indeed spoiled by BeOS' highly responsive UI. I wish all OSes were as nicely optimized in this particular feature.