Full FeedRun Windows XP on your PS3
Need another reason to purchase a PS3 (besides the super cheap Blu-ray player, it essentially costing the same as an Xbox 360, or the other very good reasons)? How about the weekend challenge of loading Windows XP onto your machine? It already has an awesome photo viewer, plays movies, accesses the internet, now you can run your favorite OS as well. The video is pretty long, but what else are you doing today?
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Heck of a system, not surprised it can do this. And to everyone compairing the 360 and ps3, they both have their strengths and weaknesses, it really comes down to prefrences. Blu Ray does rock and for features the PS3 does almost everything the 360 does and more.
on July 17, 2007 at 06:33 AM - LINKThe main reason I’d want Windows XP on my ps3 would be to be able to play all of my emulators on the same hardware as my most-used console. Especially since I’ve downloaded every single rom that was on a certain romsite. Think about emulation with wireless controllers! Now that’s cool.
That would be so great to be able to play everything on one system. Then you don’t have to keep disconnecting and hooking up systems.
And Windows supports a lot more emulators than Linux does. Maybe some adjustments can be made on Windows to speed it up.
You should know, you can play any video file you have on the ps3’s own OS. All you have to do is run your file through “Any Video Converter” (a program I found on download.com which works on Windows XP). Then import it to your system. This way you can just convert your .rm and other strange file formats to mpeg format. There are also other converters for unusual sound formats.
Now about those console wars… What a waste of time. Just buy all the systems like I do so you can play everything that’s out. There are always a number of titles that are exclusive to one system. I’ve been doing that and I already have 37 systems and a massive collection of approximately 700 real video games. And I’m just a lower middle class 20 year old!
on July 31, 2007 at 02:09 AM - LINKdid u type ur own codes in for this
on August 1, 2007 at 08:02 PM - LINKbefore the xbox system came out i better yo azz swear the hell of ps1 and ps2.
on August 14, 2007 at 03:26 AM - LINKi have own 2 xbox 360, they all broke what a joke with 3 red light thing. now i own ps3 for 5 month now. It flawless
on August 14, 2007 at 03:34 AM - LINKthey broke cuzz you where ####### with firmware hacks jerk.
on September 5, 2007 at 06:02 PM - LINKxbox 360’s don’t break unless you open them up and #### them up your self
PS$$$$$3 is a big expensive peace of #### with no good games so there
right now, i feel that the elite is the only 360 worth my time, costing at a mere $50 less than the PS3. And since i don’t have a PC, the PS3 is looking mighty tempting….I despise most first person shooters, so halo is simply a now and then thing for me. I’m a Final Fantasy freak as well, so thats another point for the PS3. I will own both in time, but the PS3 strikes my attention more at the moment.
on September 28, 2007 at 07:37 PM - LINKI had a xbox360 iloved all the games on there and found it in my opion better then te ps3 which my brother bough but we both got our styems back in dec 2006 and i had to send my xbox360 in as it had the 3red lights flashing it took 11 weeks to get my new back i got it sept 20 2007 and had the same thing happen 2 days ago now i brough it back to the store got most my money back and bought a ps3. as my brother has had np with his. I still think right now that if the 360 is working right it is better, and trust me i been a hugh play station fan since it came out i had both the ps1/ps2 and never had a problem so when i say right now i think the xbox360 over all is better, but since i had both my ebox360 go down and my brother ps3 has not i have came back to sony lol. i do belive by next summer ps3 will be the best once they finger out every thing they can do with the ps3. thx just wanted to voice in on 360 vr ps3
on October 26, 2007 at 05:29 PM - LINKYeah I with you PeshZgamE! I own all three so I can’t pick and choose. I like them all!:D
on October 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM - LINKI have all 3, all of them are great for different reasons. Now if only you can install windows xp without virtualization software. It would be great to run xp on my PS3, but I don’t want to run it within linux.
on November 19, 2007 at 09:28 PM - LINKrunning ubuntu on a ps3 is like the coolest thing you could do, its like gaining another computer!!
on December 9, 2007 at 07:51 AM - LINKI an a unix guy… however, you have to run windows to be able to do Netflix “watch it now”. I do this on my 19 inch widescreen monitor and movies and old TV shows look GREAT. I would love to run “watch it now” on my 46 inch Sony, but Netflix requires (see why later) windows for the viewer. Anyone ever do this and if so, how is the picture. I have connected up my notebook to my 46 inch sony (through the PC input) and the picture is a little blurry. I wonder if I load XP on my PS3 if it will look good. BTW- Now I know why Netflix watch it now won’t run on my PS3 browser. Today they announced a $300 box that does just that. This would be a huge benefit of PS3 if we could have Netflix “watch it now”.
on January 3, 2008 at 08:11 PM - LINKhi there gays. i have a 60 gb ps3
the x box is a crap box all it can do is games. if you look at the ps for you 3 box. you can do games and others.
and run! a os!. ha and look there is windows. now did the x box come from ! lol. just look at the ps3. if you rely do not like it then you need new eyes…..
on January 27, 2008 at 03:14 PM - LINKI wamt to recieve email
on February 16, 2008 at 01:00 AM - LINKxbox 360 they r #### because on the ps3 u dont hav 2 pay 2 go online so xbox 360 lovers go and #### your xbox
on February 23, 2008 at 05:20 PM - LINKThe reason XP is running so slow is that its being ran through an emulator via Linux. The actual processor is not being dedicated to the XP OS, rather, a program within Linux is calling XP. Using a forum such as this Linux/XP issue to compare PS3 and the XBox is a terrible idea. The PS3 is more of a dev’s cup of tea (On a whole different playing field than a PC, try getting a desktop with the core capabilities of a PS3 that has Linux support per its uniqueness ). And the XBox is definitely more for the hardcore gaming.
on March 8, 2008 at 06:47 PM - LINKI have both a ps3 and a 360…(a wii too!), and I have to say that they all have strengths and weaknesses. I think xbox live is by far the online experience that every console should try and achieve and use as a standard, while sony and nintendo’s are mediocre. PS3 has a ton of sweet games(exclusives), and is in fact an extremely powerful machine. heres what sony did right over ms. 1.) included wireless controllers as a standard with built in batteries that you didnt have to pay for (with a charger). 2.) built in wireless with the system 3.) blu ray player 4.) better looking, quieter system with less moving parts that can break 5.) lol RED RINGS enough said. but yo xbox 360 still is awesome.
on March 8, 2008 at 07:11 PM - LINKI have a PS3
My Uncle has a XBOX 360
For PS3:
Free online gaming.
Built in WIFI (to get WIFI on XBOX 360 is another £60).
Bigger Hard drive.
For XBOX 360:
More games.
Better Graphics.
Not getting updates that stop games.
Similarity’s between the two:
Wireless Controllers
Online gaming
changeable hard drives
Against PS3
Less games
Updates that stop all online play.
Against XBOX 360
Have to pay for online gaming.
Smaller Hard drive.
I do have one main thing that i think microsoft needs to fix and that is the 3 light thing as my Uncle got that and had to wait 3 weeks for it to be fixed.
I hope this helps you to make the right choice in
on March 13, 2008 at 12:32 PM - LINKI have BOTH a 360 Elite and a PS3. I have not turned on my 360 in 2 months…better games, faster loading, better graphics. It’s black and white, nite and day. PS3 rocks….plus I have a PSP and being able to go on the internet while I walk around, check my email and download porn and search the web. its fantastic. Sony…good stuff man.
on April 7, 2008 at 10:26 PM - LINK360’s and ps3’s are Gaming Gods, they should both create an alliance, and make a super system. who agrees?
on April 14, 2008 at 06:39 PM - LINKwell to say the least i agree. All systems have strengths and weaknesses that can be exploited. But why argue get them all to play the exclusives each has to offer and for the rest ps3 is the way to go. But lets stop and think about somethin me and my friends came up with…. a combo off all the great systems…dubly named the wiistation. Just imagine full sensitivity to fully feel like ur in the game… wii controller, the graphics and processing of the ps3… amazing graphics and real time intelligent AI. And the online play of the Xbox… all the downloads u could dream of….Sweet…Tear drops.
on April 25, 2008 at 03:04 PM - LINKoh yeah and heres a look at a game for this wiistation. Oblivion type game….U have to defend a keep from invading orcs….U walk over to a guard via wii remote. To initiate talking to him u must move the remote like ur touching someone on the shoulder….okay ps3 time. He turns and says what is ur orders? u talk to him via headset in real life and and give him ur orders…the ps3 processor allows for this type of feedback when fully utilized. He follows ur orders literally…so if u say stand on ur head thats what he attempts to do…lol… okay the graphics is 360/ps3 style so they’re beautiful…. okay so u tell him stop playin and defend the north tower. He goes and does it. Now here comes the fun part. The orcs begin their attack climbing into the keep. Now wii style u hack and slach ur oppenents with ur wpn or theirs. using different button combos andcontroller movements allows for combos and short long rand switching. And this is the opening of the game….Swweeet…the future is near.
on April 25, 2008 at 03:15 PM - LINKu guys are all faggets, the 360 is gay and suck my 10inc. dick. the ps3 is the best. u should go out and buy one, than compare them. has all u need Blu-ray, video play back, internet borwsers, download anything u want to, and u can wacth ####### porn on it. so i think this system kills the 360 any day.
on May 7, 2008 at 10:10 PM - LINKi must say, any1 dissing the ps3 is a ##### moron, or a bill gates ball sucker? cant you see microsofts releases #### early? oh and i bet people making fun of the ps3 cant even afford one? as for costing less than 360, thats also true u stupid F’s look at the features and a solid system, with huge capacity, not only does it compete but destroys and outruns 360, what what the worst device for 2007? ohh right the 360
on May 16, 2008 at 01:18 AM - LINKI think its ridiculous that people bash other systems. For some reason someone sticks to some particular system and then all of the sudden becomes hardheaded and wont listen to reason. Point blank, try every system out, and I dont mean go to gamestop and try what they have because you cant use all features and the games they have in the system might suck. Right now I have every system and every one has something that pisses me off. Heres my logic in all of it and if you have a freaking brain at all you would see the truth in it…... before I say anything Microsoft itself (I am not talking about systems right now) is a total f#$@ing piece of s#$t. None of their s#$t works right. Anyhow back to systems. XBox has the best selection of all the games and better exclusives for their system, but their system is the biggest pile of crap ever made. (red ring of death, flimsy disk tray, cheap look and feel to it). PS3 has pretty much no good exclusives (soon to change hopefully) their game line up is lacking greatly (there are some good quality games though) but their system is quality made with many features. Wii also has a good system but bad graphics in todays lineup and almost all their games are shovelware or some casual kid targeted peice of crap, and their interactiveness that everyone goes crazy about gets old after an hour. So there if you really think about it all that I said is true. Now I dont mean that there arent some good games for either one of the systems or that there are no systems that dont break for either one but just do some d$#n research. All my gaming goes to Xbox and PS3. My wii gets played at most an hour a week because I have beat all decent games for it (zelda, metroid, smash bros, etc) and most of their stuff looks horrible and is crap. I play the 360 and PS3 an equal amount except for if the xbox gives me a problem like usual so then the time is only on ps3 or if I am tired of the games for ps3 and there are no decent new ones out then my time is devoted to xbox. I see the wii as a filler gaming system. I suggest having that one only as a system to play if you are on a time limit and can only play something for like 15 minutes then get it. (and thats exactly what I use it for)
on June 10, 2008 at 10:18 PM - LINK