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PlayStation 3 Could Support Mac OS X

Posted by Zonk on from the it-could-do-many-things dept.

ucahg writes "Sony's website has a press release stating that they will release the PS3 in 2006. The most interesting part about the page, though, is the last sentence which reads: 'The integrated Cell processor will be able to support a variety of operating systems (such as Linux or Apple's Tiger).' Is this what Steve Jobs was talking about when he said Apple and Sony looked forward to cooperating more in the future?"

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  1. Web copy is never that useful. by 75th+Trombone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It sounds more like some idiot typing copy for the website didn't realize that OS X is/will always be tied to Apple hardware.

    If that IS a little revelation, it's awfully quiet and fanfare-free.

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  2. This Is Utterly Absurd by LKM · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is so stupid, it's hard to imagine how it got into that press release. It's so stupid, it's even hard to imagine how it was considered Slashdot-worthy.

    Yes, it's a PPC chip, so Apple could release Tiger for it. No, they're not going to do it.

    Let's consider the facts:

    • Apple makes money selling hardware. They don't want 300-buck-Macs from Sony taking away their hardware sales.
    • Apple is moving away from the PPC, not towards it.
    • Apple would never let Sony release news like this in a meager press release.

    Sony simply wrote about what their processor could do, not about what they're going to do. Linux? Maybe, they did it before. Mac OS? Definitely not.