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[VariableElite]

QUOTE(darkstalker @ Jan 15 2007, 10:52 AM)

Not the link I'm talking about. I want to see a link where they promised that we'd have full graphical acceleration.

Don't hold your breath. And even such a quote, if provided, would simply be another example of a Sony lie.

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Though sold as a game console, what will in fact enter the home is a Cell-based computer.

I don't know about you, but on every computer I've ever owned I've had access to all the hardware, with which I could do whatever I wanted. Kenny pitched the console as a computer, which implies it would have abilities equivalent to what is in a modern personal computer, including full access to the GPU. The fact that I have no idea how to write software to take advantage of a GPU is beside the point.

The point is, Sony promoted a computer, but sold a console with limited homebrew access. Not delivering full access to the GPU is like not allowing access to the network port or the optical drive. One naturally assumes that such technology would be included -- unless, of course, you're Sony.

Note to self: don't buy a Vaio desktop unless it explicitly promises a power supply and a power cable.  

[PuddWakkr]

How many times have you looked at a bestbuy or circuit city ad and saw computers for sale.

 Gateway Laptop $999
- 1.2 gHz processor
- 1024 MB RAM
- 15 in. screen
- Built in Wi-Fi
- 80 GB HD
- ATI Radeon Xpress Graphics Card
- Full Access to HD
- Full Access to RAM
- Full Access to Wi-Fi
- Full Access to CPU
- Full Access to ATI card.

Some of the above listed items are implied when purchasing a computer and therefore not listed because it would be redundant.

[darkstalker]

You guys have very limited ideas of what a computer is and what it gives you. Yes, your average Best Buy consumer computer gives you all that. Not every computer out there does, so saying that "it will work as a computer" does not imply full access to the GPU, plain and simple. The PS3 fulfills the "works as a computer" claim.

Does the fact that one of my older ATI video cards has no acceleration in Linux mean that the computer it is in is no longer a computer? No.

I agree that the usefulness of using the PS3 as a computer is very limited without any sort of graphical acceleration, especially for emulators, however I do believe that allowing us full access to the GPU is being worked on (as Terrasoft has been saying). At that point, we'll see emulators on the PS3 start running circles around their Xbox counterparts (in terms of speed), though perhaps not in ease of use (though I can easily see someone working on frontends).

[Foe-hammer]

QUOTE(darkstalker @ Jan 15 2007, 09:52 AM)

Not the link I'm talking about. I want to see a link where they promised that we'd have full graphical acceleration.

I never claimed they did.

My point was that ps3 linux is not the answer for homebrew like a full modified console.