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		Scramblejams on Oct 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Commodore Amiga could get a mini/classic version n... there's nothing it offers now that any modern OS doesn't do now This is why of any old OS I’d like to see revived, it’s BeOS[0]. To this day I’ve never used a desktop OS so fluid, so responsive and stutter-free. [0] Yup, there’s Haiku. I guess I just want that to be successful!

User23 on Oct 13, 2020 [–]

The BeOS demos at MacWorld Boston in 1997 were incredible. I've also never since seen a multitasking operating system with that level of user interface responsiveness. It really was wonderful engineering.

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