PS3 Opened For Pictures

An anonymous reader writes "As all of you surely know by now, the PS3 has just been released in Japan. What you might find interesting, however, is that among those 80 000 happy PS3 owners (or self-appointed resellers) was at least one who decided it was his or her sacred mission to crack this puppy open for a peek inside. About the article, it is in Japanese. Someone who knows enough of this fabled language of wonder well enough would do well to offer some translations, although I don't really suspect that the story is the most important thing here..."

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Re:Nice Headline

[nmb3000]

That thing looks like a flatbed scanner!

Because it is a flatbed scanner! You don't pay $600 for a console without expecting it to perform above and beyond the call of duty (pun intended). It scans, faxes, prints, and makes delicious pancakes, and that's just for starters.

I hear you can buy an addon kit for another $300 that lets it "play games" too, but that's just a rumor I heard on the Interweb. I guess they're calling it the "Xbox 360" plugin (or you can get the "Wii" plugin for $100 less).

Re:ps3

[SydShamino]

I've always considered my PCB designs to be works of art. In some designs especially, the trace organization screams for symmetry and flow. The walls of my cube are covered in my board layouts, and I have some at home as well.

Incidentally, I can usually beat a frequency target by 2X or more, without specific RF design considerations. I consider this a side of effect of "beautiful" board design - performance derives from form.

This is one reason why, whenever I can justify it, I do my own layouts instead of leaving them to a PCB designer.