IIRC, the minimum requirement is 128MBLegacy said:If im not wrong..the PS3 will have 256 Standard memory and 256 VRAM in it...surely nobody would think of running Mac OS Tiger on a 256 Meg machine?
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Sun Baked said:
Why not - VPC for Windows sells quite well; I imagine they'll even try selling Windows for Macs and VPC with the ability to run OS X in a VPC window (on a Mac only, of course). Think about it: you could run VPC on Windows on a Mac, or on Mac OS X on a Mac, and run a separate OS X instance in a window (for trying out new configurations, for instance).
Legacy said:If im not wrong..the PS3 will have 256 Standard memory and 256 VRAM in it...surely nobody would think of running Mac OS Tiger on a 256 Meg machine?
I could be wrong?
I run it on my 500 MHz G3 iBook with 256 MB of RAM - and it runs fine. It only bogs down if I try something stupid. TextWrangler, Office, VNC all run fine; games, on the other hand, not so good.
I wouldnt be surprised if they decided to use Window's, because with their Desktop Computer's and NoteBook Computer's running Window's, why go out of their way and Use Mac OS X? Maybe if they wanted something different.
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Yeah, on the 256mb thing, Apple just last week quit selling two computers that ran Tiger on 256mb though.
and still have the emac...
and still have the emac...
Its never going to happen officially, but it may happen illegally by modding the PS3 the way the xbox has been exploited....
anyhow i see no use of having OSX on a PS3....
shadoW
anyhow i see no use of having OSX on a PS3....
shadoW
Sun Baked said:
They'll still be glad to sell us copies of Windows AND the VPC software too. They already make VPC for Intel--and if installing Windows is not simple on Mac hardware, then something like VPC will be a big help to people. Not to mention all the advantages of running two OS's at once vs. dual-booting: convenience, security (run off a hardfile) and they ability to use ALL your apps together, regardless of OS. Plus new Intel chips are specifically designed with the ability to run more than one OS at a time.
One way or another, I don't think VPC is dead by any means--it's just about to get a LOT faster.
Having the Windows option available (not built-in/bundled) as a safety net will encourage switching--and so MS would be smart not to help people. But I predict they won't be that smart
Because you could have an awesome 3.2GHz Mac for about $400 + the OS. The real question is "why wouldn't you want to run OS X on a PS3?"Switzermac said:
Legacy said:If im not wrong..the PS3 will have 256 Standard memory and 256 VRAM in it...surely nobody would think of running Mac OS Tiger on a 256 Meg machine?
I could be wrong?
I believe the ps3 is going to have a different kind of memory than we can equate to in todays terms. The memory and the way it works are going to really be totally different than todays standards.
Processor:
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
Memory:
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
From what i have read, i dont think any of the current OSs on the market will be able to deal with the ps3, xbox 360 maybe, but with the cell processor works, i dont think OSX or windoze will be running along on it any time soon. But its fun to dream isnt it!!
Not gonna happen...
There is no way Apple will license or support their OS to run on anything but their own hardware for the foreseeable future. This is most likely a pipe dream created by someone who is taking the fact that the Cell and PPC970 are binary compatible and blowing it way beyond the scope of reality.
There is no way Apple will license or support their OS to run on anything but their own hardware for the foreseeable future. This is most likely a pipe dream created by someone who is taking the fact that the Cell and PPC970 are binary compatible and blowing it way beyond the scope of reality.
grapes911 said:
your point is a valid one but it will never happen as why would Apple let Leopard run on a sub $400 machine???
It would surely be detrimental to there hardware sales,
ShadOW
Hmm...XDR, extreme data rate, I believe. I was reading somewhere that 512MB of XDR would run at about 4.8GHz, which is way faster than the memory we use in our computers.
I'll be actually surprised if Apple and Sony don't do something with this.
For Apple it can only improve mind share.
Hell Apple should be make a small portable OS for all consoles.
Hell I bet even MS doesn't want to use it's own OS on it's Xbox...hehe
For Apple it can only improve mind share.
Hell Apple should be make a small portable OS for all consoles.
Hell I bet even MS doesn't want to use it's own OS on it's Xbox...hehe
If you think about it, there will be people that would want an OS on future gaming systems, and there some that don't. I for one, don't want them to incorporate an OS into any future gaming console, just because it seems its taking away from the whole idea. If I want to browse the internet or watch movies online, or talk to people on AIM, i'll use my computer. The startup menu thing on Xbox seems fine. I think they should pay attention more to the games than the actual console. I'd rather have a simple console and great games rather than ****** games on a fancy console.
grapes911 said:
Except that "awesome" 3.2GHz Mac would probably be slower than most Macs available now. It's nothing like a G5. And no way of expanding the memory past 256MB I guess, which wouldn't help the speed any if you tried to do much with it. I thought the true nature of the PS3 speed (or relative lack thereof) was well known by now....
--Eric
Sorry, I meant VPC for PPC (or the full emulated environment) -- which I expect will die a quick death after the switch.tny said:
I expect Windows to replace the emulated Codewarrior beast, with one last XCode version before letting VPC for Mac die as we know it -- to be replaced by a slimmed down Virtual Machine for Mac OS X86 instead (with the same name.)
Edit: Heck, I don't even expect MS to port it to the Cell (the competition) at this point.
greatdevourer said:
YDNRC. The min. requirements for tiger are 256. While the OS only consumes about 90-100MB in full trim, Apple could have easily made 10.4 run on 128 meg. However, choosing not to be like MS, and choosing instead to offer a pleasurable computing experience instead of trying to get this new OS on as many machines as possible, they opted to make 256 the min.