ning wrote:Hi Paul,
I checked from web, there is this software who has a Window's simulator and an advanced DVD player. There is even a free download. I just wonder should install this product, I have already installed YDL 6.2. It seems that product should be installed before hand.
Thanks.
I have no idea what product you're talking about. A link explaining it would probably be good.
Otherwise, here's the deal.
The PS3 has a PowerPC processor. Windows works on x86 Intel processors. They cannot execute each other's code directly.
In addition, the Cell in the PS3 doesn't have a complete PowerPC processor. It's called a PPE, and it's a single core, dual thread, in-order, moderately fast PowerPC processor. The lack of out-of-order processing really hampers it for standard Linux usage.
So - the only way to run Windows on your PS3 is to run an x86 emulator on your PPE's moderately fast, in-order core. This isn't the same as virtualization, where one OS runs on another using the same processor instructions. Instead the PowerPC has to pretend to be an x86 - which is a big speed hit.
Using QEMU, which is one of the most advanced x86 emulators for PowerPC, on a PS3, we get performance roughly equal to a Pentium 70. That's 70 MHz, my friend.
So - yes - you can run Windows XP via QEMU. But - it has to be a very, very, stripped version of it. Also - since the PS3 only gives you a framebuffer display - you won't get any 3D or 2D acceleration.
As for the DVD - there's a restriction on the internal drive that - as far as we know - you can't work around. It doesn't matter if you use the native Linux VLC or some sort of Windows DVD player through emulation - but the internal drive is prevented from returning the decryption keys via the PS3's hypervisor.
So - my guess is that this software you're looking at is pretty useless, except for running pretty simple, non-3D accelerated Windows games on a P70-ish processor in a stipped down Windows XP, or playing back non-encrypted, non-commercial DVDs.
Cheers,
Paul