Comment by jm4

It really was good. From a user perspective, it blew Windows and Mac out of the water. The performance and reliability were unmatched on the desktop. I remember being able to change network settings without a reboot, which no other desktop OS could do for another couple years or so. The boot speed was also something to behold. It was something like 7 seconds to a login prompt. BeOS was ahead of its time. The only real problem with it was software availability.