can... or will the ps3 run windows
2007-12-17 08:19:34 · 6 answers · asked by Tom W 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Games & Gear ➔ PlayStation
No, the architecture of the PS3 will not support a Windows installation. Windows will only run with an i386 compatible processor, whereas the processor in the PS3 is of the PowerPC architecture similar to Apple Macs.
The way to do this is install Linux and then use Virtualbox or another virtual machine application to run Windows. Although this has been done before, I can't think of any reason why you would want to do this, as the PS3 has only 256MB RAM, and to run a virtual machine needs 512MB at the absolute minimum. It will run horrendously slow.
Check this out for the speed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Ecr8tWetI
The best thing to do is install Linux, as it is compatible with the PS3. Fedora and Kubuntu are good distros.
2007-12-17 09:02:04 · answer #1 · answered by Rick G 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can, if you install it on top of the Linux OS. But it's not worth it, because it'll run really slow and you won't be able to play games, since DirectX isn't supported by PS3. It's going to run VERY unstable too.
2007-12-17 09:23:50 · answer #2 · answered by Bull Goose Loony 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The PS3 could technically run windows through wine on Linux, but it would be very slow and wouldn't work correctly.
2007-12-17 08:23:26 · answer #3 · answered by Shadowfyre 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People have done it but why would you risk putting the most vulnerable to virus's Operating system on your ps3?
Linux works best.
2007-12-17 08:24:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use Linux
2007-12-17 08:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by anonymous10061006 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Linux is better
2007-12-17 08:33:40 · answer #6 · answered by thespider 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋