What keeps Sony’s PlayStation from being referred to as a personal computer?

Jun 24
2009

Sometimes it is hard to define precisely what kind of computing device a particular machine is—the lines are sometimes a little blurry. Help to identify these types of computing devices.

What keeps Sony’s PlayStation from being referred to as a personal computer?

1. Its history as a dedicated game device

2. It cannot produce graphics of a quality that matches that of a workstation

3. Its microprocessor is not as fast as those found on personal computers today

4. It cannot accept peripheral devices like keyboards or DVD players

I would say it is #1

Both the PS2 and the PS3 have Sony supported Linux

The PS3 has an amazing graphics card and an extreamly fast CPU

I have a keyboard/mouse attached via USB to my PS3, so it will take peripheral's. I know the PS2 will use a keyboard/mouse in at very lease their Linux. The PS3 has built in printer support.

If I remeber right Sony tried to pass the Play Station off as a computer to get by a tax, but the government wanted the money, and thus it is classified as a gaming machine

2 Responses to “What keeps Sony’s PlayStation from being referred to as a personal computer?”

  1. Jon says:

    I would say it is #1

    Both the PS2 and the PS3 have Sony supported Linux

    The PS3 has an amazing graphics card and an extreamly fast CPU

    I have a keyboard/mouse attached via USB to my PS3, so it will take peripheral's. I know the PS2 will use a keyboard/mouse in at very lease their Linux. The PS3 has built in printer support.

    If I remeber right Sony tried to pass the Play Station off as a computer to get by a tax, but the government wanted the money, and thus it is classified as a gaming machine
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  2. yamin says:

    old playstation or like playstation 3 cuz ps 3 can take a mouse and keyboard also it has one of the best processors out there i think what it is is it doest have an operating system like windows or soemthing of that sort u cant type up documents and stuff also the graphics for it r way out there probably better than the average computer if u have a good tv to back it up
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    my boyfriend is a video game computer electronics nut so i hear about these things all the time

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