Now, I'm not a gamer. I don't have the time, and don't have a games console. The last game I finished was Quake. However, I may well have to get a Playstation 3, as according to the Inquirer, Sony will ship an external hard disk for the PS3, to try and position it as a computer, rather than a pure console. The article goes on to quote Sony Entertainment chief Ken Kutaragi as saying "We're positioning the PS3 as a supercomputer. But people won't recognize it as a computer unless we call it a computer, so we're going to run an OS on it. In fact, the Cell can run multiple OSes. In order to run the OSes, we need a hard disk. So in order to declare that the PS3 is a computer, I think we'll have [the hard disk] preinstalled with Linux as a bonus. "
So, if I have this straight, that's a 256 GigaFlop Cell-powered Linux workstation for my front room. Where do I sign up? :)
The article also quotes Kutaragi further: "Other PC Operating Systems can run too, such as Windows and (Mac OS) Tiger, if the publishers want to do so."
Now then, OS X on a Cell-powered PS3 to run all my media stuff in my living room through a Hi-Def TV. Sounds pretty good doesn't it? - let's hope that Apple are still developing OS X on PPC and can make this a reality.