> e.g. couldn't browse the web and listen to mp3s at the same time without occasional distortion
This comes from most desktop operating systems being shit at the task of being a desktop operating system. BeOS could do that just fine on a fast-ish Pentium I. Windows and Linux at the time, couldn't do it on hardware twice as powerful (and I don't think either's gotten much better about prioritizing media stability and user input performance)
This comes from most desktop operating systems being shit at the task of being a desktop operating system. BeOS could do that just fine on a fast-ish Pentium I. Windows and Linux at the time, couldn't do it on hardware twice as powerful (and I don't think either's gotten much better about prioritizing media stability and user input performance)