When the Mac came out, people had to learn how to write an event loop for the first time. With BeOS, there is one change in the thinking model called multithreading. You have to take that leap. Once you have, everything is much easier and your apps are one fifth to one tenth smaller. So you end up with smaller, faster more reliable code.
Multithreaded applications are more responsive.
You can manipulate multiple streams of digital content, and edit in real time. Be also has a 64-bit file system, because we came later. You are working with National Semiconductor and other companies on Internet appliances. There are also the PC-phobes who don t care about DLLs and the registry. One idea is a kitchen appliance with a touch screen you can use to watch TV and also do spreadsheets or monitor your baby on a video camera feed, do e-mail and listen to MP3 music.