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Engadget Podcast 169 - 10.31.2009
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Phil @ Jan 1st 2007 7:18PM
For an HDTV household with anyone in school, and a desire to have a nextgen gaming system, this really helps make the decision among the consoles easier in favor of PS3.
I don't have a PS3 yet but I have seen and used YellowDog running on one and it looks and runs great and is very usable for office apps (OpenOffice is included) and web browsing (Firefox) on a living room HDTV. Having the PS3 as your only living-room device is very possible, and telling the kids to do their homework on the device before being able to play a game is great.
It DOES NOT discourage purchasing games. It does encourage purchasing the PS3 as a family living room device. Oh, and on a non-Linux note, BluRay movies look great.
I can't see why anyone who just wants a Linux machine and no gaming would buy a PS3, because you can get a very fast Pentium4 machine for half the price of the PS3. I could see a BluRay movie enthusiast buying a PS3 only to play high-def movies, because the other BluRay players are ridiculously expensive monsters. But actually, all of the high-def movie enthusiasts I know will not be able to resist getting some games for their PS3's.
So this can only help to create and sustain PS3's eventual dominance over the other consoles.