PS3 IS HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Options

[FeiHong]

i figure i wouldn't get one of those nextgen things, cuz xbox 360 doesn't have any good games for it, the ps3 doesn't have any good games, and the wii makes u loook like a moron when playing it -.-

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/13

Bah...I'm waiting for the price to go down. If it ever does. I'll stick with games like FFXII, Guitar Hero 2 and such to keep me occupied and see how the PS3 does.

[pandamonium]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/13

Bah...I'm waiting for the price to go down. If it ever does. I'll stick with games like FFXII, Guitar Hero 2 and such to keep me occupied and see how the PS3 does.

i dunno if the price would go down, but i am sure there might be some used ones that you could buy. sony is losing enough money as is but in my opinion i doubt it will go down. like the psp i saw 8 at my local game stop, i didnt think people would ever give that up but hey i gave mine up for a ds. so you never know someone could probably sell theirs.

[*mipadi*]

The PS3 is actually a pretty good piece of machinery. Oh, not for a console -- it's way overpriced for a console. But for a Linux workstation? It's actually not too bad.

Yes, that's right -- if you're looking for a powerful Linux workstation, you're not going to find something much cheaper than the PS3. $600 is a lot for a console, but for a desktop computer running the Cell processor, $600 is a damn good price. You could even buy a few dozen and cluster them together.

Next time I'm in the market for a new computer, I'll definitely buy a PS3 -- not as a console, but as a machine to run Linux. It's not too bad at that task.

(Sure, you'd still have to obtain a keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc., but that shouldn't really be a problem.)

[pandamonium]

The PS3 is actually a pretty good piece of machinery. Oh, not for a console -- it's way overpriced for a console. But for a Linux workstation? It's actually not too bad.

Yes, that's right -- if you're looking for a powerful Linux workstation, you're not going to find something much cheaper than the PS3. $600 is a lot for a console, but for a desktop computer running the Cell processor, $600 is a damn good price. You could even buy a few dozen and cluster them together.

Next time I'm in the market for a new computer, I'll definitely buy a PS3 -- not as a console, but as a machine to run Linux. It's not too bad at that task.

(Sure, you'd still have to obtain a keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc., but that shouldn't really be a problem.)

lol thats what i was thinking, alot of people already used it for linux, and i guess fedora.. atleast thats what i read even thought i dont know what fedora is . ahah

[*mipadi*]

lol thats what i was thinking, alot of people already used it for linux, and i guess fedora.. atleast thats what i read even thought i dont know what fedora is . ahah

Fedora Core is a distribution of the Linux kernel that's very similar to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, sans the technical support contract (but really, who needs that? :-P ). I used to have a computer that ran Fedora Core (I've since sold it). It was a pretty solid distribution — Red Hat and Fedora are my favorite distros (probably because I feel most comfortable with them). It's cool that they have Fedora running on the PS3 already. (Gentoo runs on the PS3, too.) Hopefully other distros (Ubuntu, anyone?) will follow.

[illriginal]

i here by bring to you the sony's next input in the gaming universe . THE PS3..................
its gonna come out in spring 06, Microsoft has retaliated by announcing that Halo 3 will come out in that same time period . Here is the specs


CPU

Cell Processor
PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS
GPU
RSX @550MHz
1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines
Sound
Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)
Memory
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
System Bandwidth
Main RAM 25.6GB/s
VRAM 22.4GB/s
RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB< 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)
System Floating Point Performance
2 TFLOPS
Storage
Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
I/O
USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1
SD standard/mini x 1
CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1
Communication
Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
Controller
Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB 2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP)
Network (over IP)
AV Output
Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
Disc Media
CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

I just installed Ubuntu Linux onto my PS3... I basically have a Power PC now.
I have a 1 terabyte external harddrive, external DVD burner, I can play PC video games, burned PS2 games, also wireless blue tooth headset, keyboard, and mouse.

[illriginal]

The PS3 is actually a pretty good piece of machinery. Oh, not for a console -- it's way overpriced for a console. But for a Linux workstation? It's actually not too bad.

Yes, that's right -- if you're looking for a powerful Linux workstation, you're not going to find something much cheaper than the PS3. $600 is a lot for a console, but for a desktop computer running the Cell processor, $600 is a damn good price. You could even buy a few dozen and cluster them together.

Next time I'm in the market for a new computer, I'll definitely buy a PS3 -- not as a console, but as a machine to run Linux. It's not too bad at that task.

(Sure, you'd still have to obtain a keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc., but that shouldn't really be a problem.)

You're a moron.

That console is well worth over $600.. and if you add up the costs of XBOX360 compared to PS3, XBOX360 is more money for a crap system.

And Wii is a child's toy, not worth my time buying it and breaking my hand, or controller, or my tv screen.

By the way, PS3 doesn't freeze nor overheat... So much for Xbox360 being worthy.