A Look Back: What Can Two Pentium II and 64 MB of RAM Withstand?

Okay, source material is more than 10 years old so this is not exactly news, but I think it’s interesting anyway. This BeOS promotional video is a good reminder of how powerful modern hardware truly is, what hardware should be needed for light computer use, and how laughable modern desktop&mobile OSs are as far as performance is concerned. Here are part 1 and part 2 on YouTube.

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