BeOS with BeOS Bible and Gobe Productive Bundle

by BE INCORPORATED

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002S5H2
• Item model number: 45-10066
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,319 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #5 in Software > Operating Systems > BeOS
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Neal Stephenson, in In the Beginning... Was the Command Line, describes the Be operating system as "an extremely well-thought-out GUI built on a technological framework that is solid." He's not the only fan. A speedy, stable system for power-users and hardware tinkerers, Be may yet give Linux a run for its open-source money.

Be delivers on its promise of providing high-end or dedicated multimedia hardware for audio or video editing at a consumer-level price. Another considerable plus: Be actually installs in the time the manufacturer says it will (15 minutes). A system that can coexist with Linux, Mac, and Windows, it can also be your primary system if you want to create a dedicated "BeBox."

Be can run QuickTime and MPEGs, has accessible Mediaplayer and Webcam applications, and contains its own Web browser, NetPositive. The OS supports Universal Serial Bus (USB) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption. As with other alternative operating systems, new free and shareware applications are constantly in development. An excellent realization of key operating system ideals--reliability, speed, and functionality--Be is worth the attention of any power users who haven't yet discovered it. --Jennifer Buckendorff

Amazon.com Product Description

Meet the soaring demand for dynamic digital media and applications head-on, without taxing your budget, your timetable, or your patience. BeOS is the first and only operating system to deliver the speed, processing power, and stability of a high-end multimedia workstation on ordinary, low-cost desktop PCs. Work with audio, video, image, and Internet-based applications, and edit files, millions of gigabytes in size, simultaneously, in real-time. This package includes BeOS Release 4.5.2; the BeOS Bible, which features all the tips and tricks of BeOS; and Gobe Productive 1.1.1.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FAST, ROCK SOLID, FUN, November 22, 1999

By 

Chris Howell (Edwards AFB, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BeOS with BeOS Bible and Gobe Productive Bundle (CD-ROM)

This Bundle is well worth the money. The BeOS Bible is a great referance for the OS. The Gobe Productive Office suite is also a must have. The BeOS is a very fast and reliable OS. It has a stylish and easy to use interface simmilar to MacOS. Your computer will run Multimedia applications faster than you thought possible. The BeOS is still responsive to your every command even while the PC is working on the most complex tasks. ADDED BONUS The BeOS comes with the software to duel boot windows and BeOS.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Operating System for Programming and Multimedia Fun, November 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: BeOS with BeOS Bible and Gobe Productive Bundle (CD-ROM)

I use the BeOS to work with the great C++ development environment, the GNU command line tools, and lots of fun programs.

The BeOS Bible is an excellent book covering everything about the BeOS and has depth that you won't find in other Bible style books.

Gobe productive is a cool integrated office app with word processing, graphics, charting, spreadsheet, presentation and a great simple to use user interface. It is surprising good and fun to use.

If you don't like the way Microsoft treats the world, Linux is too much work and MacOS doesn't run on your computer, then BeOS may be for you. Give it a try, you can have the same fun I am having - it really is fun to use BeOS. And you can always boot back into windows to run your games : )

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Bests..., March 24, 2000

By 

Julian Enrique Bolivar Galeno "Julian Bolivar" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BeOS with BeOS Bible and Gobe Productive Bundle (CD-ROM)

One year ago I try for first time the BeOS 4.0 and in that moment I knew that this it is the operating system for PCs of the future, it is stable and faster that other popular OS ;-), in that moment the BeOS had the inconvenience that it didn't have a wide variety of drivers for the different peripherals of the computer. At this time I installed the new version 4.5 and I find that it is spectacular, it possess more drivers support and it continues being stable and faster...