| binary solo said: Integrated Android is already in devices without a touchscreen. Stationary/mobile isn't really an issue, but if Chrome OS is meant for the PC then I agree it's more likely to be Chrome (I didn't know there was a Chrome OS, so putting it in PS4 will mean better mass market awareness) |
I don't see why it should use Chrome either. Both Android and Chrome are Linux-based operating systems, so simply allowing OtherOS would allow for both. If someone actually wants Android, he could install it on his PS4. If someone really wants Chrome, he could install it on his PS4. If someone really wants Linux Distribution XY, he can install it.
OtherOS support means the best flexibility, yet hardly anyone even cared for OtherOS when the PS3 had it.
| binary solo said: From a HDD perspective PS3/4 is a mobile device, because it uses laptop HDDs not PC HDDs, so wither goes the laptop, so goes the PS4. As for price of SSDs: now that they are being put into laptops/netbooks the price will start to come down faster than they have in the past. With their lower power consumption (lighter/longer lasting batteries, better for the environment, no moving parts, smaller devices) there's plenty to commend SSDs to the general public and a number of features people would find attractive in a non-mobile device. Eventually SSD will replace HDD everywhere including PCs. Won't be long before there isn't a laptop/netbook on the market with a HDD. If PS4 is going to use the replaceable memory thing like PS3 then it's going to find being the only device shipping with a 2.5" HDD start to become more expensive as production of the 2.5" drives start to tail off, same as it's uneconomic to ship PS3's with 80Gig HDDs now compared to 160Gig HDDs. |
Just because the PS3 uses a smaller 2,5" drive does not make the PS3 a mobile device. The two main advantages of SSDs for mobile devices are very low power consumption and no moving parts that could be destroyed when the device is being moved while switched on.
Neither of these advantages is relevant for a stationary console. Sony will simply include a 2,5" SATA drive bay like the PS3 has. Then they will simply sell the PS4 with various harddisc configurations - just like we already know it from the PS3. And maybe there will be one expensive "luxury configuration" that has a SSD instead of a traditional HDD built in. But that's definitely not going to be the default.
