The title says it all. Well actually, for the ones of you who aren't aware of the latest (PS3 fat) news, Sony managed to add 70MB of RAM to the general system memory. How did they do this? They reduced the other OS's memory (120MB to 50 MB).

So what do you think? Should Sony completely remove the other OS memory, add another 50MB and help developers, or just leave the OS alone?

If this is possible, then yes, I would totally support Sony. PS3 is a console, if I want Linux in my bedroom, then Ill just install it on my laptop.

I never used the feature but why should I have it removed? It was there when I got the machine and I want it to stay there.

To stop piracy..it would be for a worthy cause...

The question is to choose between freeing 50 MB or keeping the other OS feature.

What does 70 MB do? thats too low. (i thought its 700 MB).
btw it doesn't take space so why delete it?

I'd like to see a source on the whole thing about those RAM being removed from OtherOS to help developers.

50MB is quite irrelevant (at least the way I see it). Unless I can be given concrete ways in which this can improve my PS3 experience, then I'd rather have the OS option (even though it's unlikely that I'd go for it).

personally, i don't think 70MB is helping the developer....and it's better if Sony removes it...it's more secure.

Can I see a link to this? Because as I understand it:

1) there's no reason why the other OS should take you any memory when you're not running it. When you run Linux you basically reboot into a virtual machine. When you run the PS3 OS, the virtualized Linux isn't running. The slim doesn't even come with a virtual machine for other OSs anymore.

2) the numbers you quoted are exactly the numbers of the memory footprint of the PS3 OS at launch and today. The latest patch did not free up 70MB, btw, previous versions of the OS used 96MB so a further 46MB were freed up to the current value of 50MB. Still, the "other OS" has nothing to do with it, it's the memory reserved for the PS3's OS that has been trimmed of that exact amount.

I think you got the news wrong, basically.

http://gamer.blorge.com/2010/03/02/warkhawk-dev-drop-hints-about-starhawk-comments-on-ps3-memory/

I am supposing that what he said is true. I guess its just logic lol The more RAM you have, even if it is just a small amount, it might help game developers, specially the Third-Partys.