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Playstation 3 and Mac OS X

A small blurb on Sony's UK site has generated a lot of interest and speculation

Sony is expected to offer optional hard drives for the PS3 with potential memory capacity of 80 or 120 GB. It remains to be decided whether the standard version of the PS3 will come complete with a hard drive. The operating system has also yet to be clarified. The integrated Cell processor will be able to support a variety of operating systems (such as Linux or Apple's Tiger).


It's doubtful that there are any plans behind such statements. Sony appears to simply be positioning the Playstation 3 as a fully capable computer... capable of running any software... provided that it is offered by the developer.

An Inquirer article offers some similar comments from Sony's Ken Kutaragi:

Kutaragi said the PS3 will run operating systems as applications. "The kernel will be running on the Cell, and multiple OSes will be running on top of that as applications. Of course, the PS3 can run Linux. If Linux can run, so can Lindows. Other PC Operating Systems can run too, such as Windows and (Mac OS) Tiger, if the publishers want to do so. Maybe a new OS might come out," he adds.

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85 months ago
Found this link seems a little interesting ^_^. Its a rumor about how the PS3 maybe able to support OS X Tiger.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1221

(sorry if this has been posted before, i searched and couldn't find anything)
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85 months ago
interesting, but it seems just like simple speculation to me. I mean if you think about it you can potentially run an OS off anything with a computer chip...but i mean what are you really going to do with Tiger on your PS3???

I think this is one of those things that you say 'see it's possible' with enough tinkering and effort. However at the same time it's not practical at all. Could you do it: maybe. Would you do it: probably not.
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85 months ago
I heard about this over at notebookforums the other day. I really don't see it happening.
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85 months ago

..... I really don't see it happening.


I agree to a certain extent. I remember hearing somewhere (on macrumors) that apple and sony were collaborating on something to do with the PS3, but i think it had something to do with the iPod.

It would be cool if apple were developing some sort of interface for the PS3 i.e. when u insert a CD and stuff or iTunes for PS3 :D.
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85 months ago
I think it would be better if it could communicate easily with a mac
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85 months ago
I think you guys are all missing the point -- why on earth did Sony release this information? It's not geek speculation, it's an official statement from Sony that the PS/3 can run Tiger.

I think the PS/3 is basically vaporware at this point. Everything Sony does or says about it is in reaction to the XBox 360 ... I even read speculation today that if the XBox 360 bombs this Christmas, Sony may hold back the PS/3 until 2007.

So now here's one more piece of defense from Sony. The XBox 360 could become a living room PC? Well, our box can run Linux and OS-X, we're ready for that too.

Sony is keeping its options open and we all know Jobs always keeps his options open. Tiger or Leopard on a PS/3? Some Apple branded box with PS/3 functionality built in? Never say never ... Sony will do whatever it takes to defend it's market dominance.
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85 months ago
yea i love the idea of being able to use my xbox as a PC, hook it up tro a monitor and have a 3.2 ghz mac right there :D
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85 months ago
Sony, bleugh. I hope this doesn't happen.
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85 months ago
intriguing, but as pointed out, probably just a possibility and nothing will likely come of it
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85 months ago
Wouldn't OSs run slower if they are run like applications in this way?
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