I don't think you could ever call the ps3 slow
He didn't say the PS3 was slow. He said BluRay was slow and thats true, compared to a 360's DVD drive;
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He didn't say the PS3 was slow. He said BluRay was slow and thats true, compared to a 360's DVD drive;
Err ya.... that's probably true. Burning audio CDs to the drive isn't super fast on the PS3. But really, does it matter? It's quieter.
it depends what games you want to play. look at the games YOU want to play then from that decide what machine. i would personally say that the PS3 will be the better of the two, well four if you include the shitbox and wii.
at the moment i own an iMac (top spec), PS3 and a new MBP and to be honest the only games i play on the macs are WoW. i just cant be bothered to boot into windows - the only thing i will boot into windows for (and thats when its released) is Half Life 2: Episode 3 and GTLegends. I mean even Starcraft II is going to come out on Mac OS X.
anyways back to the point - the ps3 is a lot easier to use and you dont need to mess around with drivers, viruses or anything like that. and all the peripherals work on the ps3 flawlessly. ive got a logitech g25 steering wheel plugged in (for gt5 of course) and its excellent. then a Saitek X52 Pro works with no problem.
in terms of online capabilities, well i will say now that the computers are a lot easier for connecting to other servers, but in no way more advanced. for example resistance 2 has 64 (or 60 w/e) man servers, and then GT5 has 16 player races.
you also have the added bonus that its a great media center and you can, if you want plug in either an epson or canon (i think) printer. as well as any USB wired/wireless mouse and keyboard and you also have the web browser with flash support (so youtube for example).
at the moment i own an iMac (top spec), PS3 and a new MBP and to be honest the only games i play on the macs are WoW. i just cant be bothered to boot into windows - the only thing i will boot into windows for (and thats when its released) is Half Life 2: Episode 3 and GTLegends. I mean even Starcraft II is going to come out on Mac OS X.
anyways back to the point - the ps3 is a lot easier to use and you dont need to mess around with drivers, viruses or anything like that. and all the peripherals work on the ps3 flawlessly. ive got a logitech g25 steering wheel plugged in (for gt5 of course) and its excellent. then a Saitek X52 Pro works with no problem.
in terms of online capabilities, well i will say now that the computers are a lot easier for connecting to other servers, but in no way more advanced. for example resistance 2 has 64 (or 60 w/e) man servers, and then GT5 has 16 player races.
you also have the added bonus that its a great media center and you can, if you want plug in either an epson or canon (i think) printer. as well as any USB wired/wireless mouse and keyboard and you also have the web browser with flash support (so youtube for example).
Blu-Ray drive makes it slow? I haven't noticed much of a difference between some multiplatform games I've owned on both including CoD4 and CoD5.. the BD drive is DEFINITELY quieter and if it weren't for the install game to HDD for 360 I would have gone crazy OMFG that DVD drive is horrible! I would've had to move it out of my bedroom!