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| Summary News Requirements Compatibility Interface Installation Variants Versions Downloads Links Publisher Support Alternatives Secrets Pricing |
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| Summary | Be OS is a full GUI OS that is optimized for video and audio performance. Personal edition is available free, which uses an existing Windows partition (but Windows is not running). Pro edition can also run in its native Be partition. Sadly BeOS is no longer, but a new group has formed using some of the Be APIs called Haiku. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| News | 11-Feb-2002
Beta 5.1Web-leaked version (eWeek) 12-Nov-2001 Site access limited, OS is no longer downloadable. 16-Aug-2001 Be Announces the sale of Intellectual Property and technology assets to Palm. |
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| Product | Be OS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Processor | Pentium 90 MHz or better (higher speed recommended) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| RAM | 32 MB (assumed) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Drive space | 512 MB Personal edition, 256 MB or larger for Pro Edition | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Drives | Runs from hard disk | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Video | VGA or better | |||||||||||||||||||||
| File systems | FAT,
FAT32, NTFS (Personal edition runs in these partitions) Be (Pro edition) |
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| Compatibility | Be programs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Interface | GUI operation View Desktop | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Installation | Personal Edition is installed from Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and places a 512 MB file to hold the BeOS and swap area. Pro edition uses a Be specific Partition similar to other Unix/Linux OSes. Pro can be installed in any Primary partition on any drive, but not logical partitions. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Variants | Personal
Edition (free download) Pro Edition |
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| Versions | 5.0.3 5.1d (Beta, not offically released) |
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| Downloads | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Be | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Books | Unix Categories: All - BeOS
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| Publisher | Be,
Inc. 800 El Camino Real, Suite 400 Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Phone 650-462-4100 Web www.beincorporated.com |
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| Support | No longer. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternatives | Linux, SCO, Solaris, Windows, Haiku | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Secrets | Hold Ctrl-Alt-Shift down and click on the Deskbar for the menu. A new item called "Windows Decor" will be listed. From Windows Decor, you can change the style of BeOS to match Windows 9x, MacOS, or the Amiga OS. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pricing | Pricing
prior to shutting down operations Personal Edition - Free Pro Edition - $69.95 Pro Edition Upgrade - $34.95 |
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