Haiku OS runs on M1 Macs now

A developer has gotten Haiku OS, the small open-source operating system inspired by the old BeOS, running on Apple’s M1 Macs — and the internet instantly split into two camps: the romantics and the realists. On one side, fans were thrilled to see a quirky, alternative computer system make it onto shiny modern Apple hardware. On the other, the comments turned into a mini courtroom drama over the same old question: is this cool, or is it actually useful?

The harshest hot take came from people saying Haiku still doesn’t feel ready for everyday life. One commenter basically sighed that they still can’t even use Ruby, a popular programming language, and declared that if you want a machine for daily work, Linux already exists. That set the tone for the skeptics: exciting milestone, sure, but where’s the practical payoff? Another person bluntly asked how usable Haiku is “in practice,” which is community-speak for: looks fun, but can I survive a normal Tuesday on it?

Then came the pushback. One fan was clearly tired of the usefulness police, snapping that not everything has to be immediately useful to deserve existing and telling people to “kill the capitalist in your head.” That line practically stole the show. Others leaned nostalgic, reminiscing about how magical BeOS felt back in 1999, while also dragging Haiku’s dated visual style for struggling in today’s sharp, high-resolution world. Even the jokes landed: one tiny correction — “On VMs*” — managed to roast the entire idea with just two words. Classic comment-section chaos.