Can I turn a ps3 into a pc?

[EmoKillerYT]

I was thinking about turning my ps3 in to a pc. If it is posibble, can you tell me the steps?

 

[Frag Maniac]

No, not possible. Quite frankly it's pretty hard to even try to emulate console games on PC.

 

[getochkn]

You can all the parts out a PS3 and put in some PC parts along with a long of mods to actually make it fit, and then have a PC inside a PS3 came, but no, you can't make a PS3 run PC stuff. Doesn't happen. Different types of chips, just no.

 

[someguynamedmatt]

Nope. The PS3's PowerPC RISC architecture isn't even close to the x86 used in PCs, and even if it was, it would be a process more involved than 'follow these steps' in order to recompile a kernel to run on the platform. The PS3 simply wasn't designed to be a PC, and thus lacks the hardware and compatibility to do so.

 

[mcnumpty23]

yes you can

though it would have to run linux not windows or mac

 

[mcnumpty23]

though with linux installed you could install wine then some windows stuff using that just not the windows operating system

so the answer is still yes

 

[getochkn]

yes you can

though it would have to run linux not windows or mac

And find a PS3 that hasn't been updated in about 4 years as they took out Linux support from the PS3 many years ago. And it was crappy at that.

 

[mcnumpty23]

yes you can

though it would have to run linux not windows or mac

And find a PS3 that hasn't been updated in about 4 years as they took out Linux support from the PS3 many years ago. And it was crappy at that.

yeah need to look see if in settings it has the other OS option

so technically possible--whether its worth the bother is a different question

 

[Frag Maniac]

yes you can

though it would have to run linux not windows or mac

And find a PS3 that hasn't been updated in about 4 years as they took out Linux support from the PS3 many years ago. And it was crappy at that.

Not only that, he's seriously stretching the definition of "PC", esp considering he's referring to MAC as well. The main difference between PC and MAC is Windows vs MAC OS.

 

[mcnumpty23]

pc= personal computer to me regardless of operating system

 

[Frag Maniac]

pc= personal computer to me regardless of operating system

I think you know full well what I mean. The reason Windows based computers are largely regarded as PCs while MAC based ones are regarded as MAC is one is far more open and compatible with software and general computing than the heavily restricted MAC, Linux, or other type OSes. Most people that use MACs or Linux based systems are targeting specific needs, not general wide range computing.

And even though Linux is technically open source, there's not NEARLY as much interest in it from software devs as Windows because there's not many people on it.

So if he means "PC" in the Windows sense like most refer to it, no, he's never going to make a PC out of a PS3. Enough said. You're just confusing him with this gibberish.

It was obviously a general question, not a query for debate on computing monikers semantics. If he were looking at it from your perspective, he'd not even needed to ask, which makes it all the more obvious "PC" here means Windows based computer.

 

[getochkn]

yes you can

though it would have to run linux not windows or mac

And find a PS3 that hasn't been updated in about 4 years as they took out Linux support from the PS3 many years ago. And it was crappy at that.

yeah need to look see if in settings it has the other OS option

so technically possible--whether its worth the bother is a different question

And no PS3 made since before 2010 has that option and any PS3 that has played a modern game or been online has been updated to have it removed, so while a possibility, only if their PS3 is more than 5 years old and sat in a closet the entire time, then, yes, they can run a crappy linux, you are correct.

 

[someguynamedmatt]

...regardless, you're looking at taking a significant amount of time and troubleshooting to run what is likely an unstable build of the Linux kernel on a very specific never-updated version of the PS3. Even if all that ends up working, good luck trying to run any common consumer programs on it, even through WINE, due to the architectural differences between a traditional PC and the PS3.

Long story short, it just isn't worth it. You can pick up what's actually a very reasonable little system for $70 from right here[/ur] (I like these guys - they mostly sell corporate lease returns) if you really want something to mess around with. I butcher inexpensive little systems all the time when I'm just looking for something to do - old(er) hardware is dirt cheap on eBay, and you can toss together a respectable PC for fifty bucks and a bit of time!