Editing BeOS (section)

==Hardware support and licensees==
After the discontinuation of the BeBox in January 1997, [[Power Computing]] began bundling BeOS (on a CD-ROM for optional installation) with its line of PowerPC-based [[Macintosh clone]]s. These systems can [[dual boot]] either [[Classic Mac OS|Mac OS]] or BeOS, with a start-up screen offering the choice.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=1996 |title=Be Newsletters, Volume 1: 1995-1996 |url=http://www.haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/benewsletter/Issue1-36.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217020944/http://haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/benewsletter/Issue1-36.html |archive-date=December 17, 2010 |access-date=January 18, 2014 |website=Haiku |publisher=Be Inc.}}</ref> [[Motorola]] also announced in February 1997 that it would bundle BeOS with their Macintosh clones, the [[Motorola StarMax]], along with MacOS.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Picarille |first=Lisa |date=February 24, 1997 |title=Motorola snubs NT, picks BeOS for its Mac clones |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q60iT-ThpgMC&pg=PT11 |magazine=[[Computerworld]] |volume=31 |issue=8 |page=12}}</ref> [[DayStar Digital]] was another licensee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-02-18 |title=Be Announces BeOS Support for New Multiprocessor Systems |url=http://www.be.com/aboutbe/pressreleases/97-01-07_PowerMPDemo.html |access-date=2023-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970218184150/http://www.be.com/aboutbe/pressreleases/97-01-07_PowerMPDemo.html |archive-date=February 18, 1997 }}</ref>

BeOS is compatible with many Macintosh models, but not [[PowerBook]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-01-27 |title=BeOS Ready Systems -- PowerPC |url=http://www.be.com/support/guides/beosreadylist_ppc.html |access-date=2023-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990127234413/http://www.be.com/support/guides/beosreadylist_ppc.html |archive-date=January 27, 1999 }}</ref>

With BeOS Release 3 on the x86 platform, the operating system is compatible with most computers that run Windows. [[Hitachi]] is the first major x86 OEM to ship BeOS, selling the [[Hitachi Flora Prius]] line in Japan, and [[Fujitsu]] released the Silverline computers in Germany and the [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] countries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lea |first=Graham |date=July 8, 1999 |title=Success expected for Be IPO |url=https://www.theregister.com/1999/07/08/success_expected_for_be_ipo/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref> Be was unable to attract further manufacturers due to their [[Microsoft]] contracts. Be closed in 2002, and sued Microsoft, claiming that Hitachi had been dissuaded from selling PCs loaded with BeOS. The case was eventually settled out of court for $23.25 million with no admission of liability on Microsoft's part.<ref>{{cite web |author=Mark Berniker |date=September 8, 2003 |title=Microsoft Settles Anti-Trust Charges with Be |url=http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/print.php/3073811/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109045719/http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/print.php/3073811/ |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2008}}</ref>