It does not boot from USB (the same issue I have found when trying to run Linux), and the DVD drive has been replaced by an hard disk drive long time ago. On the other computer, a 15-inch MacBook Pro (mid 2007), I have only been able to run Haiku in a virtual machine. Trackpad works, but without secondary button and no scrolling.Seems to record audio using the internal microphone, but apparently there is no audio output.I just needed to disable APIC and ACPI during the boot sequence. It boots from dvd, but not from USB, and works at full res (1280x800x32). So, when I heard of the beta release, I decided to give it another try. From time to time, I load the current Haiku in VirtualBox to see how it’s going, but it’s not the same as having a native operating system. I happen to have two 10 years old Mac computers that are still in use, but would benefit from the speed improvement. While one can argue that the old BeOS and Haiku both miss some important features to be considered modern OSes these days, a lightweight operating system can be, for instance, a good way to bring new life into old, or new but less powerful, hardware. Having experimented and used BeOS R5 back in the early 2000’s, when its company was just going down, I have been following with some interest the development of Haiku during all these years.
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