New PS3 Model Is More Efficient, Features 320GB HDD
See Full ImageFirst there was a retail leak and now comes an official page to verify the rumor.
As translated by Andriasang, Sony plans to introduce a new CECH-300B PlayStation 3 model in Japan this month. This revamped machine will only be available in Charcoal Black but it saves on power: the console has a lower power consumption (200 watts compared to the old 230 watts) and a lower weight (2.6kg compared to 3.0kg). Plus, it'll come with a new 320GB hard drive, thereby doubling the capacity of the previously standard 160GB HDD. The price is the same, of course, but sadly, consumers will still see the same accessories inside the box...we keep thinking that eventually, Sony will wise up and toss an HDMI cable in there. It's a high definition machine; don't make those who want true HD buy something else.
Oh, and for all you JRPG fanatics, Namco Bandai has announced the Tales of Xillia X Edition hardware bundle. It only has the 160GB machine but it's still pretty slick-looking; check it out through the link above. No word on when the more efficient PS3 will hit other regions, and the chances of seeing that Tales of Xillia X Edition in the US are...well, slim.
Tags: ps3, playstation 3, new ps3 model, sony
6/20/2011 9:49:16 AM Ben Dutka
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Highlander
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 10:48:09 AM
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BikerSaint
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 1:07:35 PM
Did you get your baby back from Gophermods yet?
And if so, what did you think of their workmenship so far.
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Highlander
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 1:13:27 PM
I was happy with Gophermod's service, but having my system fall into the 5-10% that are not fixable was a bit of a blow.
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daus26
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 2:48:19 PM
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Highlander
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 2:54:19 PM
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daus26
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 3:11:03 PM
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Highlander
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 4:17:07 PM
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sha4dowknight05
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 7:18:26 PM
Reflowing is alright if you tend to keep using for your system for a month or two (more if done correctly) or to get your data off that system.
Reballing is sort of the better fix that lasts longer since you will be getting new solder between the GPU and CPU.
Most reballs are done with lead solder instead of lead-free since lead free supplies cost much more.
Now the thing that scares off a lot of people including myself is the fact reballing standardly by most repairshops that offer it is that it uses lead.
Now to my understanding you shouldn't lick the GPU or CPU after reballing (stupid if you do and why would you?) is most likely the only way to get lead poisoning.
My question is:
since the ps3 heats up really hot while playing games, is it possible that a lead reballed system can release fumes of heated lead into the room for you to breath in little by little?
I know back then electronics used to be soldered with lead.
Anyone want to help me out
?
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Highlander
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 8:59:38 PM
Reballing and reflowing address completely different problems. And as for the lead vapor question, if the GPU is getting sufficiently hot to vaporize lead, there's no chance at all that it will survive the process, nor would the rest of the PS3.
Reflowing is a process that allows new solder to enter cracked joints. Reballing (of the GPU) only affects the GPU, if any other element on the motherboard - such as the CPU - has a bad joint, reballing the GPU will do zilch to help you.
Most places that reflow also remove the HSF and replace the thermal compound. If there is no irreparable damage to the system, a reflow, new thermal compound and a good cleaning of the system will go a long way to giving it new life extending possibly to years. Reballing is a technique that addresses one specific thing that can be wrong with your system, it's not a magic cure, and it's no more permanent than the other things that can be done since the reason for the faulty ball solder joints is thermal flexing, which will continue to occur if the system is used at all.
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sha4dowknight05
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 9:19:43 PM
The things you say amazes me!!
I guess you weren't the only one who knew about the thermal paste under the heat plates.
Yeah changing that is a big process too! I proper relflow would get that changed up with some arctic silver 5!
Yes I know if your CPU is bad, reballing the GPU is worthless since the problem is on the other chip no the GPU
But overall if you changed the gpu's heatplate paste and reballed the results would be awesome and you would pretty much have a whole new system!
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Highlander
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 1:00:06 AM
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sha4dowknight05
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 1:59:01 PM
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 2:41:23 PM
Anyway, sorry to hear that your baby was DOA too.
Even after it had been smashed, Gophermods still did the whole reflow on my Phat princess, but once testing it out afterwards, they found that it was DOA too, with no audio or visual to the TV.
When I asked Cory(Goghermods owner) about it, he told me that it had to be from the jarring that my PS3 took when one of the USPS a$$hats slammed my baby down, right on her front right corner. And he sent me a letter stating that, just so I could add it into my $500 USPS claims paperwork
And I'm still awaiting the USPS's decision on my claim(after re-sending the receipt for a 2nd time), so I foresee them trying to stall me some more, for as long as they can.
But I WILL wind up suing them if they do decide to say no.
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Excelsior1
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 10:57:56 AM
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Temjin001
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 11:13:52 AM
Better yet, an even quieter operating unit.
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Highlander
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 11:46:38 AM
Temjin, between the various special offers knocking $50-$100 off the PS3 recently, it appears that Sony is trying to clear the channels of the old 160GB models - presumably in preparation for a new model. I still think we'll see a new price announced at GDC or TGS this year, $249.99, along with the new cooler, quieter, lighter and perhaps smaller models.
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Highlander
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 1:42:49 PM
LOL!
The so-called System on a Chip is the integration of Xenos and Xenon on the same piece of silicon, and was done for the launch of the Squat systems. I though we were talking about a truly System on a Chip design that integrates the memory and other components besides the CPU/GPU on a single piece of silicon.
So, in fact the current 360 squats use this system on a chip that combines the CPU and GPU in one package already.
Apologies for the mistake.
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Excelsior1
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 1:50:19 PM
ha! highlander i just read your post above. i watch ms like a hawk. you know, keep an eye on the enemy, right?
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bebestorm
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 11:30:19 AM
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big6
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 11:53:56 AM
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I already have a Phat (YLOD) and Slim, but if this one uses less power, it's a done deal!
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NiteKrawler
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 1:10:11 PM
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Alienange
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 1:22:08 PM
Bwahahahahahahaaaaa
I kill me.
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FM23
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 1:20:29 PM
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Qubex
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 8:25:19 PM
Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
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Highlander
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 9:39:17 AM
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Alienange
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 1:20:46 PM
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Gone
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 1:55:45 PM
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Tantaicbs - "There are also several external changes to the power and eject buttons, along with the removal of LED lamps."
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Excelsior1
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 3:35:59 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 2:35:59 PM
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daus26
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 2:52:20 PM
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Highlander
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 2:53:02 PM
I will *never* buy any Microsoft console product - ever. I view them as the single most destructive force in the gaming industry. they are truly a cancer within the industry. Sony and Nintendo might do well to informally team up to stamp MS out of the industry.
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Excelsior1
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 3:41:39 PM
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Temjin001
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 3:41:42 PM
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Excelsior1
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 4:06:17 PM
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Highlander
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 4:26:15 PM
We talk regularly about the demise of the JRPG and also turn based RPGs here. I lay 100% of the blame for that squaely at the feet of Microsoft and their practice of paying out 30 pieces of silver to companies like Square Enix and Namco to betray their former customer base who were and are predominantly PlayStation gamers. The impact of those exclusivity deals hurt the sales of JRPGs in the first few years of this generation, and the effects of that are still being felt. For them to continue the destructive practice is simply adding insult to injury.
I could write another 15,000 words about their general business practices and their behavior in the world of Business but it wouldn't fit here, nor add much. Suffice to say I feel that Microsoft is worthy of the dislike, disdain and loathing that they receive.
People can disagree with me if they like, I don't give a crap. Microsoft is what it is, and it's *not* healthy to have a large organization repeatedly distorting the market by by-passing consumers and preventing products from reaching them.
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Temjin001
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 5:03:14 PM
I'd imagine it'd be hard to buy into a product line if you had strong resentment for the back end of their business practices.
As for myself, I have more of a consumer relationship with the chaps. Right now my only real beef with them is how they're handling the KINECT marketing. Really annoys me.
Though, hopefully in time they'll produce more I like and things can be like normal again.
Oh and we all know what will eventually happen with that 30 pieces of silver and the person who had it ;)
Perhaps it'll purchase a Potter's Field to bury the mountain of RroD'd 360's in
=p
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PorkChopGamer
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 5:03:30 PM
Sony's bought games as well. Heavy Rain, Heavenly Sword, and LittleBigPlanet to name a few. Or Ghostbusters in Europe. Or timed GTA on the PS2. Oh, that's right! It's Sony, so it's cool.
You're funny, man You say Nintendo sucks and does nothing for the industry. Microsoft the same. So Sony's the ONLY one doing right for this industry? Remember when you recommended a book for me? I have one for you. I just finished it and it really is fantastic. By Michael Shermer.
The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
Don't mind the long title. It may make it seem goofy, but it really is informative.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 5:56:22 PM
That said, I'm typing this using Windows 7 so I guess we are all victims of that which we despise.
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Temjin001
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 7:19:01 PM
Similarly to you Porks, I don't make it a practice to form ideological constructs of "console'ism" to infringe on prospective platform offerings. Because really, I just don't want to limit the scope of quality games which do invariably appear on more than one platform.
I do, however, measure up the content offering before imparting of my resources. Nintendo, for example, just hasn't been able to produce enough compelling software to warrant my time or interests. I have tons of respect for the core Mario, Zelda and Metroid offerings, but between the dated tech, and the aversion to control interface, Nintendo just isn't doing it for me these days and that doesn't look to change anytime soon.
The same holds true for Xbox LIVE. I no longer get enough value from online play to warrant a renewal rate.
And concerning the darker side of business practices, I'm sure if we were able to peel back the skin of many corporations we'd find truths that would infringe on several guarded values of our own in some shape or form. I've tried exhibiting such a behavior before only to soon return to my former more agnostic acceptance of hardware offerings. As I didn't like the more hardened, judgmental mindset I felt grabbing hold over me as I clung to my ideals.
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Qubex
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 8:29:47 PM
Incredibly truthful statement Temjin001!
Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
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Highlander
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 9:09:34 PM
Regarding the games that you accuse Sony of 'buying.
Heavy Rain was not bought by Sony, it was never going to any other platform in any case. Heavenly Sword was commissioned for the PS3 as a launch title, it was not a multi-platform project that was made exclusive, nor was it an exclusive for another platform that switched after a pay off. Little Big Planet was made exclusively for The PS3, it was never going to appear on another console, I believe it was also commissioned specifically by Sony for the PS3, not bought. Ghostbusters in Europe didn't have a publishing deal for the PS3 at all, so Sony paid for the publishing rights. The game wasn't going to be on any console in Europe, Sony at least saw fit to publish it on their hardware - it was not a paid exclusive.
So much for the whole Sony buys games too. Porkchop, frankly, you're being a bit of a jerk. You make accusations that you have no way at all to backup to counter my opinion of Microsoft, an opinion gained with over 20 years of business experience working with Microsoft products and with Microsoft at a corporate level. Microsoft is widely known and acknowledged to use suspect business practices. People int eh industry well know their M.O. The way they do business in the games industry is no less wrong and destructive of the industry.
I'm not going to bother with the rest of your post, there's simply no point.
Temjin/Qubex, If you peel back the onion skin layers of any corporate you'll find stuff they don't want you to see. The big difference with Microsoft is that they have over at least 2 decades conducted business in a very consistent manner that leaves no doubt about them. You don't have to peel away any layers to see their dark heart. That said, if you *do* peel away some layers, you'll find even more to dislike. I'm not excusing any corporation for their conduct when they are in the wrong.
This comment thread was initiated by a post about MS *paying* for exclusivity of yet another JRPG in the West. Namco would rather take the guaranteed money from Micorosft and disappoint legions of fans, than sell their game to the whole market. That distorts the market place. MS knows they are not attracting PlayStation gamers to their product with this tactic. So the thin justification of attracting new users no longer masks the primary purpose of the paid exclusivity - spoiling the market for PlayStation users in the West. Microsoft are not doing anything to help anyone with this buying exclusives, they are spoiling the market, hurting gamers and ultimately hurting a genre of game that I love.
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PorkChopGamer
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 10:05:36 PM
So I guess that was another Heavenly Sword I saw on an Xbox site back when Ninja Theory used to be Just Add Monsters. You're wrong. And Sony negotiated with Atari, who was already set to publish it later in the year. Wrong again. Conveniently left GTA out of your rebuttal, as well. Interesting. You can make your post as verbose as the day is long but if you are going to debate, for the love of Pete, get your facts straight.
As far as your opinion of Microsoft, I don't care if your history with Microsoft goes back to playing Duck, Duck, Goose with Bill Gates in Pre-K, a lot of big companies do underhanded things. I don't need to be 'in the business' to know that. Even Sony. You love painting them as a victim a lot, though.
As for the fanboy card, I don't need to wave it. Every time you say thing like, 'Insomniac lost something when they went multiplat' You show it proudly.
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Temjin001
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 10:13:27 PM
The only real MS tie I know of is from a bud who seems to really like their working climate there as an employee. Maybe they take care of their own well.
I'm cool with them just as long they haven't been killing babies and hacking PSN. If that's ever the case, lemme know and I'll stomp on my 360, give my Windows a virus, and swear them off for good cause that's where my line is drawn =)
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Highlander
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 1:01:50 AM
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VampDeLeon
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 1:12:51 AM
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PorkChopGamer
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 1:20:03 AM
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shadowscorpio
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 3:08:26 AM
Highlander is right to call you a fanboy for the simple fact that you can't be objective towards his view and at least say that some of what he is saying has merit. Those of us that despise MS probably use their product but that is because they are seriously on a mission to be the monopoly.
It's quite hard to get away from MS. Windows is the dominant computer applications program, already pre-installed in most computers. Even , third party devs could not ignore MS's temptations. Believe it. MS has not been a possitive aspect to the gaming industry. Sony, Nintendo, Sega and I'm even compelled to believe Apple would have a more possitive effect on the industry than Microsoft has.
Sorry to go on a rant but for Chrissake, this is not the only industry that MS has implemented cancerous tactics in.
So please Pork, cease this.
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Excelsior1
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 4:49:12 AM
i don't think ms bought their way into being a leading console as much as people think. the 360 just happened to be the only other hd console available at the start of this gen. i stil don't think ms would be where it is today unless sony made some mistakes at the start of this gen. releasing a $600 console that had games that looked worse than the 360's was a big mistake in my opinion. that made a lot of people jump ship.
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PorkChopGamer
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 8:27:06 AM
Can you point to where I defend MS? Once again, people here can't see the forest for the trees.
I'm saying this:
Worrying about every instance of MS doing something unsavory is too much area for me to fret in. I'm a gamer, like all of you, but I don't concern myself with petty concerns over companies being loyal to a system.
You only have to look at the reaction the MGS collection being multiplat got to see that. You want everything for yourselves, on your system, no where else. And if a dev dares to be a multiplat (Ninja Theory) ,well then, you don't want to support them anymore. It's pretty darn sad because behind all that pettiness, the developers who work hard are the only ones that suffer. Any person claiming to be an RPG lover that hasn't played Lost Odyssey is more fanboy than RPG fan to me.
The glee people share when games DON'T sell well (Alan Wake) is a travesty. People who predict or want death of a system(Wii U) is a travesty, as well. Why do people only want to see stuff they are loyal to succeed? I lose faith in gamers as a whole every time I read that.
Anyway, if you want me to agree that MS has done nothing for this industry, I won't. Their very existence humbled Sony. Sony went from 'Get a second job to buy a PS3' to 'You are the lifeblood.' And for third parties, it's even better. I can assure you that no third party dev wants one system or company to rule. MS didn't need to seduce them. Have you ever known a third party that didn't want to spread their talents across multiple systems?
Gotta get my stock in and bagged, so I've preety much said all I want to about this.
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Temjin001
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 10:49:40 AM
I think you'll be fighting many battles and wasting a lot of energy to go against the natural order.
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 2:49:11 PM
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VampDeLeon
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 3:09:35 PM
Most of these factors weren't as bad once you rationalize how they were future-proofing the system. Hey, it can still play all PS1 + Ps2 games, I can play Blu-ray movies, browse the internet browser all for free, and not have to worry about the red ring of death.
After all that, I could care less now if Sony is the winner globally. If it's got what I want and I'm satisfied enough to ignore it's "flaws", it's clearly a winner in my eyes.
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Scarecrow
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 6:10:49 PM
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Claire C
Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 9:03:30 PM
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iwillbetheone
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 12:32:11 AM
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Russell Burrows
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 1:38:46 AM
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@Highlander.
Acid for example in dental work is to give the resin a good gripping surface for the final resin filler.
On an integrated circuit i.e. a PS3 cell chip/ rsx that needs a reflow the following solution works:
The needed acid is used to provide grip for the lead or preferably silver solder when fixing a PS3 from YLOD or overheating.
Parameters of the acid are safe, easy to apply, easy to use, low cost and 100% safe around humans.
So what kind of super acid are we talking about thats used in a lot of IC assembly plants??
Ever drink some lemonade?
Yep.
Its lemon juice from real lemons thats the best super acid to use when reflowing.
As far as Microsoft:
I use Ubuntu O.S. with WINE to run native mkv2vob, winrar, office blue edition(just for lols), etc.
I just am happy with not haveing to deal with antivirus scans, no spyware, no bloatware and no malware.
Microsoft free since 2008 when Vista came out on my brand new Toshiba laptop and after ten minutes I said Hell NO!!! then I said hmmm Altavista search alternatives to MS Vista and I found Ubuntu.
This escaped slave from Microsoft products has been happy ever since.
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Fane1024
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 1:52:48 AM
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___________
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 6:30:04 AM
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will be interesting to see how long that lasts.
hopefully it runs quieter and cooler then the original slims, my 160 got so loud last night playing infamous 2 all that was missing was a 3,2,1, we have liftoff!
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 3:18:30 PM
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According to a well-placed industry source who wishes to remain anonymous, developers were recently notified that a new revision of the PlayStation 3 is in the testing process that will feature a new copy protection system not on the motherboard but inside the BD-ROM drive itself, similar to the Xbox 360.
Presumably this would at least prevent these newer consoles from running copied games with an additional layer of authentication.
It’s likely that there will be some kind of watermark on genuine PlayStation 3 discs that the drive is looking for.
All of these measures are in response to the acquisition of the PS3 root encryption key earlier this year by hacker GeoHot which allows unlicensed code to be run on the PlayStation without restriction.
This new hardware revision will be accompanied by a firmware upgrade that contains newly optimized Blu-ray playback drivers that can now handle BD-Java during Blu-ray 3D playback, at least on the 2D level.
This is a godsend for Blu-ray authors because they no longer have to author discs 3 times. Once for 2D, once for PS3 and once for full power BD3D.
There is no news whether or not this new firmware will also bring lossless audio to PS3 3D playback but our source indicates they doubt that this feature will be added any time soon due to the number of SPEs decoding the additional 1080p stream occupies.
This hardware revision is expected to accompany a price drop on the system hardware that could come as early as the 2011 Tokyo Game Show this September.
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Temjin001
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Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 10:25:36 AM