First of all, I use Windows, Linux and BSD so I'm no stranger to using non-Windows OSes. What makes BeOS so great? I understand a lot of its advantages compared to the other operating systems back when it first came out. It had a 64bit journaling FS and was tuned specifically for multimedia (whatever that means). I also read it was one of the first true multithreaded systems.
Something must have been awesome about it because Neal Stephenson in "In the beginning was the command line..." called Windows a minivan, Linux a tank, Macs a European car, and BeOS the Batmobile!
So I have a couple of questions. (I am truly - not just trying to stir things up)
1) Why did you first start using BeOS?