If you wanted to run windows it would have to be emulated. the reson for this is that the cell cpu does not have the x86 architecture that windows uses. but im sure windows would be fine emulated with the cell cpu. as for memory, if you were to run vista there is a thing called ready boost. basically ready boost allows you to use a usb 2 memory stick as a sort of virtual ram under vista. sure it won't be as fast as ram but it's better than nothing.

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Windows is a CLOSED SOURCE, PC OPERATING SYSTEM. The PS3 is a CONSOLE. EVEN IF someone manage to reverse engineer Windows NT 5.1/6.0 (XP/Vista for all teh noobs :P) illegally, it would have limited practical use on a system such as the PS3. And it is would DEFINATELY be too much work. Even if it DID somehow happen, how long do u think it'd be around for? Sony or Microsoft would find out sooner or later... they would get sued by BOTH parties hahaha!


Linux could do more than windows anyway, homebrew wise. And the Yellow Dog based OS is made JUST for the PS3. I mean yeah, it would be nice to play something like {insert favorite PC game here} on a PS3 or something, but..... why not use a PC? It's like.... having an operating system on the PC that is like the XMB... it just doesnt make sense when you think about it.... doesnt suit the platform for the tasks that the machine performs - mainly technical wise.

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Windows is a CLOSED SOURCE, PC OPERATING SYSTEM.
Yep.
The PS3 is a CONSOLE.
Hell yeah.
EVEN IF someone manage to reverse engineer Windows NT 5.1/6.0 (XP/Vista for all teh noobs :P) illegally, it would have limited practical use on a system such as the PS3.
Heh. Better than my crappy system.
And it is would DEFINATELY be too much work.
Not if it is faster.
Even if it DID somehow happen, how long do u think it'd be around for?
Forever.
Sony or Microsoft would find out sooner or later... they would get sued by BOTH parties hahaha!
I think Microsoft might make one for us. Imagine, us running XPs3 on their opponents machine? Yeah, the real anger would be from Sony. But the worst they will do is update the ps3 to be less compatable... IF they did that.


Linux could do more than windows anyway, homebrew wise.
Quite possible. Except for WoW. They have to emulate Windows to play it. Darn.
And the Yellow Dog based OS is made JUST for the PS3.
Yep
I mean yeah, it would be nice to play something like {insert favorite PC game here}
WoW.
on a PS3 or something, but..... why not use a PC?
Cause I like seeing people move. My machine is.. umm... I think its partly cardboard.
It's like.... having an operating system on the PC that is like the XMB... it just doesnt make sense when you think about it.... doesnt suit the platform for the tasks that the machine performs - mainly technical wise.
XMB is no more retarded than a start bar. I mean, we have to press Start to stop. Think about that.
Plus, with wireless mouse/keyboard support, as well as two HD screens, I do not see any real problem.

^_^ Don't forget, good things can come from odd places. Imagine: PS3, SE.

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It'll never happen.

First of all, Windows is a Microsoft product. Microsoft will not support its competitor like that.

Second of all, you can't just hack the x86 version of Windows to work with the Cell. It's not possible. At all.

theaceoffire.....


It would not be around forever, and Windows would NEVER agree to make a Windows OS for PS3. Sony nor Microsoft would agree - they are the biggest two competitors in the console industry right now. If ANYONE somehow magically managed to release a Windows OS for PS3, Sony would be pissed because it's... well just NAUGHTY and supporting a competitor's product, and Microsoft would be pissed because it would take sales away from the Xbox360.

If anything, Microsoft would only release a Windows OS for Xbox360. And they announced that after embedding Windows CE into the Sega Dreamcast that they would never release Windows for a console again, and they said that they had no plans to release Windows for Xbox360 but rather provide integration between Vista and Xbox360.... but erm, off topic....


I'm a fan of Windows on PC, and not of linux. Simply because it is the most developed + widely used operating system, so users of PC's will get the most fun out of it with Windows. But since Linux will be officially supported on the PS3, and Sony is allowing unsigned / 3rd party code execution, then we are better off with the flexibility of Linux anyway.

Thing is, PS3 announced that homebrew will be allowed and supported, and we now know that it will ALWAYS be that way, unless they ban users of the Linux. The reason for this is because it is a violation of the GNU to have a build of Linux on any platform which does NOT allow execution of 3rd party code.....

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bboy_sonik and Freeplay are 100% correct on this one, sorry you guys. Most likely, the best we could ever get to run would be botch's or whatever the emu that'll run windows 95 on a psp (by emulating a dos platform). But I'm sure that Win XP and Vista will never be able to load correctly unless someone like VMware steps in and compiles their software for the ps3.

Oh, and just to clarify something bboy_sonik, there is a Mac Power PC biuld of Yellow Dog. It was orriginaly developed for the PowerPC long before the PS3 was a twinkle in Sony's eye.

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You would want it there because you can have it. And the PS3 is alot more portable than a big bulky computer. As long as you have a tv you can have windows where ever you need it.

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Oh yeah, i knew about the PowerPC thing. I used to use YellowDog on my Amiga4000 (which was also PowerPC based) :P

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i dont know if this is posable but form my undeerstanding the cpu in the ps3 in 64bit try a 64bit edtion of winows xp or vista