I was thinking how bootmii unlocks the entire system to developers. I then thought about osx and that it may be able to use the extra resources. I then looked at each of the specs and rerealized that it didn't look possible but,I thought it was interesting how close the wii actually looks and takes after a steve job's mac mini. A nice pretty little box with ports, a cpu, a video card and ect. Then if we look at the requirements for running 10.4 and compare them to the wii. It looks like we are only missing like a HDD more ram, and the technicality of a of a Firewire port. It always makes me wonder if OSX could be shaved down enough to run on a external HDD and use a Flash stick as ram. I don't really think it is real possible or probable and it could be done it would likely be slow. I still thought it was interesting to think about. I Also looked at the PS3 technical standpoint if the PS3 were to ever get hacked to allow full use of the system it would be a more likely candidate. Since it has the HDD and barely enough ram and is only lacking the firewire port. Anyway I was wondering if anyone else thought that the wii or PS3 could be hacked to run a modified version of OSX off of usb using a Highspeed flash drive as ram? Listed below are the min requirements for 10.4 and the tech specs for processor and memory from Wii and PS3. I am probably bringing back a old thread but I do recognize that with bootmii we have entire access to the wii and we never had that before to my knowledge.
10.4 Power PC requirements. From wikipedia
The system requirements of the PowerPC edition are:[6]
* A PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor running at 333 MHz or more
* Built-in FireWire
* At least 256 MB of RAM (512 MB or 1 GB recommended)
* At least 3 GB of available hard disk space; 4 GB of disk space including the Xcode 2 Tools
* DVD drive (CD media exchange was available; offer ended 19 March 2007)
Wii Tech specs From wikipedia
Processors:
* CPU: PowerPC-based "Broadway" processor, made with a 90 nm SOI CMOS process, reportedly† clocked at 729 MHz[87]
* GPU: ATI "Hollywood" GPU made with a 90 nm CMOS process,[88] reportedly† clocked at 243 MHz[87]
Memory:
* 88 MB main memory (24 MB "internal" 1T-SRAM integrated into graphics package, 64 MB "external" GDDR3 SDRAM)[89]
* 3 MB embedded GPU texture memory and framebuffer.
PS3 Tech specs from http://playstation.about.com/od/ps3/a/PS3SpecsDetails_3.htm
Memory:
* 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
* 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
CPU: Cell Processor
* PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
* 1 VMX vector unit per core
* 512KB L2 cache
10.4 Power PC requirements. From wikipedia
The system requirements of the PowerPC edition are:[6]
* A PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor running at 333 MHz or more
* Built-in FireWire
* At least 256 MB of RAM (512 MB or 1 GB recommended)
* At least 3 GB of available hard disk space; 4 GB of disk space including the Xcode 2 Tools
* DVD drive (CD media exchange was available; offer ended 19 March 2007)
Wii Tech specs From wikipedia
Processors:
* CPU: PowerPC-based "Broadway" processor, made with a 90 nm SOI CMOS process, reportedly† clocked at 729 MHz[87]
* GPU: ATI "Hollywood" GPU made with a 90 nm CMOS process,[88] reportedly† clocked at 243 MHz[87]
Memory:
* 88 MB main memory (24 MB "internal" 1T-SRAM integrated into graphics package, 64 MB "external" GDDR3 SDRAM)[89]
* 3 MB embedded GPU texture memory and framebuffer.
PS3 Tech specs from http://playstation.about.com/od/ps3/a/PS3SpecsDetails_3.htm
Memory:
* 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
* 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
CPU: Cell Processor
* PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
* 1 VMX vector unit per core
* 512KB L2 cache
