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applehacker
This is a puzzling question for me. It is to my understanding that the PS3 uses a powerpc Cell processor, and it has an "Open Other OS" capabilty, so all we would need would be the bootloader? Would it be possible to run OS X on ps3?
dillon31292
No.
applehacker
okay, well why not.
dillon31292
First of all, the processor isn't compatible. Belonging to the IBM Power Architecture family does not make it a PowerPC processor that is compatible with OS X. Even if it was PowerPC OSX would still have to be created with the ability to work with it.

Second of all...nothing else is compatible either to my knowledge. Aside from basic things like the hard drive and memory, that is.
Headrush69
QUOTE(applehacker @ Aug 9 2008, 09:47 PM) *
okay, well why not.

Search osx and ps3 on this forum and the first page will have several threads talking about it already.
(MoC)
NO! NO! NO!
Colonel
Seriously, how many threads about OS X on the PS3 do we have to make?
vbetts
The Cell is not much a PPC cpu. The Cell doesn't even have real cores. It's only branded as PPC.
applehacker
okay, thanks for answering NICELY!
wc3hao2
okay!!! tongue.gif dance_24.gif dance_24.gif dance_24.gif
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