The Be FAQs

The Be FAQs
BeOS for Power Mac

My Power Mac only has one CPU. Will that adversely affect the BeOS? Will the BeOS still be multi-threaded?

BeOS for Power Mac:
Hardware Requirements

FAQ Number:
FAQ-0002

Last Modified:
2/10/98

Keywords:
BeOS, Power, Mac, Hardware, Requirements, multi, processor, threaded, performance

The BeOS schedules threads onto the next available CPU based on a priority schedule (see a recent Be Newsletter article for more details). If only one CPU is available, all of the threads are scheduled onto that CPU. The BeOS does indeed remain multi-threaded, and highly responsive.

In general, we find that Power Macs perform very well under the BeOS. Especially now that most Power Macs are powered by chips much more powerful than those used in the BeBox, we're finding that even a single CPU 604e-based Power Mac, running at 180 MHz or greater, can actually give better performance than the BeBox 133.

Will the BeOS ever support 680x0 Macs?

Will the BeOS take advantage of multi-processor Macs?

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My Power Mac only has one CPU. Will that adversely affect the BeOS? Will the BeOS still be multi-threaded?