[Tutorial] Install Windows XP on PS3

PS3hax writes:

"I made this in an attempt satisfy some requests and to babystep some people into PS3 linux.

What You Need:
PS3
Usb Keyboard
Usb Mouse
Ethernet Cable
A Windows Xp Install CD
Nlite
Computer with Internet (semi fast because you need to download a 700mb iso file)
CD or Dvd Burner
CD or Dvd
Patience "

[Breakfast]

thats awesome. Your console just turned into a computer

[ruibing]

I do this so I can watch those mkv video files they release a lot of anime videos on. I usually burn all my anime on DVDs so most of them encoded as xvid or h264 on avi or mp4 files run just fine, but I rely on linux for some of the stubborn mkv ones.

It's also a great way to try your own hand at programming on a cell processor.

[QuackPot]

especially with Linux installed.

XP is only for newbs.

Stop messing around Sony and make your own fast, optimized, user-friendly distro of Linux or Unix for pete's sake...or free up the GPU so the main linux distros can start some optimization themselves.

And forget about PC gaming folks. The Consoles dominate game sales

More and more pc titles will come to the consoles especially as the consoles become PC alternatives.

[Bubble Buddy]

haha, I don't have patience though :p

[BrianC6234]

But why would I want XP on my PS3? It doesn't crash. Windows would crash it all the time. No thanks on this idea. If you want a new OS go with Linux.

[TriggerHappy]

Yeah. This is certainly good news. Now all that's left is for Sony to unlock the RSX and we all set.

[thehitman]

Are you able to play computer games on this??? Is what I like to know my shyty computer that my dad bought doesnt have pci express so I cant get a good graphic card. Ill take a chance in wipping out all the shyt I got on my Ps3 if I know I can play computer games on it. I dont mean like crysis but basic mmorpgs and stuff that you can download for free on the internet.

Edit: Or better yet I spend the money I was on a graphic card on an internal HD and use that instead.

[games4fun]

very weak computer games on the bright side you can play emulators of the snes/nes/genesis

it runs slow on graphic intensive games because the RSX chip was block by sony from the get go i hope sombody finds a workaround tho

[thehitman]

I C thats why RSX is such a big deal... I never really put 2 and 2 together I forgot that the RSX is the graphic chip WTF SONY UNLOCK IT I NEED IT!!!!!

[Sarick]

If Sony is banking on this product being an open ended PC alternative they should at leather open up some of the core features.

This is basically a PC with 256mb base rand and a 256mb video ram. Unfortunately the video ram is kinda useless as a PC.

The PS3 is more less in it's own class of PC it's an RSC.

Restricted Sony Computer.

Sony makes PC's why not develop your own distro and open up the video. I assume come PS4 launch Sony will unlock it. By then it'll be too outdated to be useful anyway.

[m9105826]

Even if Sony did unlock everything, all of the normal computer games would still run like crap. The games aren't written for a processor like the Cell, and the RSX uses a special form of CUDA to mesh with the Cell. Some day like 15 years from now, I'm sure someone will have written a nice x86/standard GPU -> Cell/RSX software emulation program.

[quiquitos]

really nice i mean damn!!!!! just one question can you use stuff like word and excell and like the above can you play pc games??

[QuackPot]

But you'll be running one operating system(XP) using another operating system(Linux) without the use of the GPU. Talking about slow as performance.

Just use OpenOffice.org(has excel,word,access & ppt equivalents) for free on a Ps3 linux install as there's no way in hell Microsoft will ever port Windows to the Playstations.

[HarryEtTubMan]

LOL PS3 is a Godlike machine. Xbox 360 is a piece of DOO DOO.

[cjp4eva]

Coulndt have said it better myself Sire.

[slowlearner]

Probably couldn't spell it better yourself either.

What clowns. Sire? So he's your dad, your king, or he turned you into a vampire? I'm taking the latter.

[AngryTypingGuy]

If you love your PS3 so much, then go play it more and quit trashing the 360. The PS3 is closer to a computer than the 360 is, and that's great. However, the 360 is the gamer's console. Games perform better on the 360, even without installation.

Not to mention, there a library of hundreds of movies ready to download instantly - no going to the store. Today when guests come over for Easter, we'll have the luxury of choosing through hundreds of titles if we want to watch a movie. We won't have to go anywhere to find something that none of us has seen before.

[ForTheFallen]

THE Glorious PS3 will be triumphant in it's march to destroy the evil 360. Sony Defense Force; FORM UP!!
</sarcasm>

Although I understand what your saying, I have to disagree. The 360 is basically a computer, as it was built by the worlds largest computer software company (Microsoft), and (in case you haven't heard) they do computers, too.

The PS3, on the other hand, is not only a Game Console/Computer, but a Blu-ray player. So, your right, I can't download movies at the speed of light...I mean, use the Xbox it's got a MASSIVE harddrive for that stuff, right? And it's not like I could go to my computer and get ANY movie...That's crazy. But, while your doing that...

I'll be sitting with my new 32' Vizio HD, enjoying Blu-ray at it's finest. And games. And maybe even a computer.

[Sir Ken Kutaragi 3]

...I rather Hang myself!!! ;-D
Why would i want that rubbish for! Micro$oft make cr*p! ;-D

[Rice]

MAN, i just installed yellow dog linux....i'll do this wen the rsx can be unlocked...

[shine1396]

'headbutt a bullet'...rofl...funniest thing I've heard in ages...

[thehitman]

Why do we have to boot windows through linux why cant we start windows from ps3 like linux does???

[QuackPot]

XP/Windows is owned by Microsoft and written mainly for the x86 architecture NOT the Cell.

Linux can operate on a multitude of devices from cell phones, media players, PCs, Macs, SuperComputers or Mainframes and game consoles.

Windows won't write a version for the Ps3 simply because Sony is a competitor for the game console market - xbox vs playstation - which Microsoft obviously wants to dominate and monopolize as they have with Windows on PCs.

Sony! Neither Apple or Windows will port their OS to your Playstations. So, develop your own Operating System based on Unix or Linux. Pleazzzzzzzzzzz.....

btw. I didn't do the disagree.

[moveteam]

in theory you CAN run Mac OS X Leopard PPC native on the PS3, because years ago Apple used to make Macs with PowerPC processors. And the Cell cpu is a PowerPC cpu.

But no one have figured out how to do that yet.

[thehitman]

what with disagree EXPLAIN!?!?

[TwissT]

Wow man, the Ps3 can do a lot of things.

[DJ]

a Vaio/Playstation hybrid with support for itunes, messenger programs, an Office Suite (compatible with Word, Excel, etc) and other cool apps.

I already use my PS3 more than my PC simply because of gaming and movies. If they can successfully merge the two arenas, I'd be all for it.

[light]

Well, I owned 2 ps3, 40 gig and 60 gig ones. I dont care about linux, windows anything else other than games 'coz that's the sole purpose of my console. I just got to thinking xp or linux installation might make ps3 games more hackable and ruin online feature. Hope this don't happen as i moved from pc gaming because of this reason. By the way, get me killzone 2 . I been waiting for that game over 3 years now.

[Cicinho]

Hold on till i pop down to game and pick you up a copy.....

[ChrisGTR1]

has any one actually tried this? how smooth does it run? ...well i guesss im about to find out.. :D

[zapass]

people need windows installed to identify a device as a computer!
I wish they'd figure out how to access the RSX from linux instead...

[NeonSkull]

You wanna access the rsx then simply buy a dev kit from sony.

[victorMaje]

Your PS3 is already a computer.
All you have to do is download and install Linux on it, there are many websites which can help you with that.

Most probably that XP will not run as smoothly as Linux, since "Yellow Dog Linux" was specifically built for the PS3.

Finally, if you don't want to risk it on your PS3, try it on your PC, there are many on-line tutorials for Linux which can help you get started and learn about its many great features.

Stop hesitating, try something new. Who knows, you might like it...

[ktr]

You have to install a linux distro and qEMU to install XP. qEMU is a virtual pc that emulates a x86/64x architecture for powerPC.

Its gonna run pretty poor regardless...

In conclusion, you (everyone considering this) are just installing XP to show off to your friends that you have XP on your ps3. There is no gain, and there is more feature and abilities on the linux distro alone.

[GETPWNT]

I thought Windows sucked? Stupid droids.

[2 cents]

It does suck but the point here is showing what the ps3 can do which in comparison with the opposition is on a league of its own regarding harware capabilities, and with the best games coming out in the near future the ps3 is the must have console.

[Laexerias]

Sony dont have an own OS so dont blame the most of us who are using Windows XP or such crap, it dont interfer in the Console War, its still PC.

[SuperSaiyan4]

The RSX is Nvidia's GPU - equivalent of a 7800 series which is very very out of date and 1yr behind that of the custom Xbox 360 graphics chip by ATi called teh Xenos...

[Bleucrunch]

I hope people don't actually do this...... I hope they dont!

[zonetrooper5]

I just banned that guy btw so don't worry. Tbh, I actually don't see the point in installing an OS onto a console. I can dualboot Linux and XP or Vista on my PC which would be alot faster and just overall better.

OSX doesnt work on any other platform expect for Apple machines. Also, if PC gaming dies then consoles would probably die as well...

[shine1396]

'Also, if PC gaming dies then consoles would probably die as well...'
erm...why exactly...

[AngryTypingGuy]

It can install Windows, yet it can't make games look or run better than the 360. It hurts because you know it's true.

[themyk]

if you have then you'd know what you just said makes no sense. the day you guys get a game that looks anything like. uncharted, or heavenly sword, or lair. you let me know. and no i do not hate the 360. just ignorance.

long live solid snake.

[AngryTypingGuy]

I've played Heavenly Sword in GameStop on Sony own HD display. Lots of jaggies. It's nothing that the 360 can't do. I've seen video of the other two you mentioned. Again, nothing the 360 can't do.

Graphically, the best games so far have been Gears of War and Call of Duty 4. Both have appeared on the 360.

[Toolster]

Why not get a 8X AGP card if you dont have a pcie slot? Im using Sapphire X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 AGP TV Out Dual DVI in my desktop and it plays crysis on high with no probs(2.8gig) you can pick it up now for about £100 so pretty cheap as well. Granted not as good as pcie but still good card

[tony]

no one gets any viruses or adwares. very common on the internet.

[zonetrooper5]

Well IBM, Toshiba, Nivida, Intel and ATI made most of the components for the PS3, 360 and Wii. You see, if them companies die then console gaming will slowly die.

[Vitalogy]

At this moment i can't see the point of getting XP on my PS3, i mean, if to do that you need to install first an linux distribution, what's the point of getting two OS just to TRY to take advantage of only one of them (xp).

XP on PS3 will be a good thing only when the possibility of being installed alone stand real.

That's my opinion.

[ScottEFresh]

Who's worried about how good a game looks when you can't even play it (see Burnout Paradise online for 360). Awwwwwwww. So sad.

[ForTheFallen]

Maybe buy a new harddrive and Operating System. Yea, I might just do this...

How does it handle games and the like?

[Percy]

It will not be good at all this is just emulating windows in linux. It cant do what a pc could. The only reason for this would be for people who do not know how to use linux and do not want to learn so that they could use it for minor things.

[pp]

so sad these ps3 turds are they have windows xp on there pc.now they can't get enouph they want to install it on ps3 just goes to prove how much they love microsoft software

[Pain]

Must feel icky after that.

[m9105826]

I mean... just... seriously, why would you ever want Windows on a PS3. I wouldn't even use Windows on my PC if I weren't a gamer.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

Why would you want to do that? To give your PS3 HDD some security holes? To live dangerously?

Really, whatever you can do on XP you can do in Linux. And don't come with Yellow Dog limits crap... The 'linux on PS3' world is larger than Yellow Dog, you know.

[DFresh]

That's retarded I don't want that MS s*** on my PS3.
I would rather have that set up from Apple the Leopard OS X Program.
F*** MS get me something involving apple.

[ReBurn]

I bet it runs horribly. The PS3 only has 512MB RAM as it is and having to run Windows emulated on Linux? I don't see how it could possibly perform very well.

[zonetrooper5]

Windows, OSX and Linux all have security flaws and holes btw, hell Apple expect people to pay for Service packs but they have stopped that. Windows is targeted more because of the bigger market share it holds making it a more worthwhile target.

[feejo]

how about the video, is it limited like Linux, anyone tryed it?

[Percy]

I have not tried it but i dont know what you mean by as limited as linux the nice this about linux is that it is not limited at all. If you need help doing something with a distro i know about i could help or if i dont i could give you some sites that could help you along. Linux is what you want and has a very large community of people willing to help like the maker of this xp emulator. Best of its free so if you truly hate it you dont lose out on anything.