__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 21 March 2006 22:00 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 21 March 2006 17:10 \__
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> When the Playstation hard-drive was introduced (many months back), it
>>>> was already known that it would run Linux. Finally, the press confirms:
>>>>
>>>> PLAYSTATION 3 to Arrive in Early November 2006 with Linux
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>>>> http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/2006031511012712
>>>> (one among many)
>>>
>>> I wonder how much it will be, and I also wonder whether it will prove a
>>> suitable platform for 'media centre' work, like a PVR or whatever. If
>>> it's less expensive and less noisy & power hungry than a standard PC, it
>>> could be very interesting...
>>
>> I think $450 or $550 is a number which I recently came across. Bear in
>> mind, however, that hardware is unlikely to be 'subsidised' by the vendor.
>> The XBox 360 will capitalise on the latency of the PS3, but I suspect the
>> latter will not have overheating problems. Fan burnouts due to excessive
>> use of power (inefficiency, viruses, etc.) is something only one company
>> masters. And that company ain't Sony, I assure you! *smile*
>>
>
> Hehe - true! That price is okay, if not fantastic. I recall this thing
> is PPC based? Don't really care if linux is on it, but it's nice to
> knwo :-)
This helps Sony deter and abolish the competition and, besides, they needed
an O/S for their peripheral hard-drive. They could not (/ought to have not)
used the competitor's product. You will see more and more vendors and
software makers who are(/were) 'Microsoft victims' moving to GNU/Linux.
Best wishes,
Roy
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