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mightymid
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_ 		20. April 2008 @ 14:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I know you can dual boot it and everything, I was just wondering if Vista works. I have the disc and I just wanna pop it in a let it run. Any help?
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ooZEROoo
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_ 		20. April 2008 @ 14:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Even if you did somehow get it to boot it would run slower than s#!t. The other os has about 200 meg ram and no 3d graphics acceleration.
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Dab117
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_ 		20. April 2008 @ 17:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'd say it's very unlikely. The PS3 doesn't have much ram and Vista is a ram whore. On top of that, the only processor we can use in the PS3 is the PPC. The SPU's can't be used at the moment since Sony has blocked them for OtherOS.
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alex131
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_ 		21. April 2008 @ 10:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Vista does not work. It runs on x86 and x64 only. There's no way you'd be able to emulate it on any system, it's just too big for that. If they come out with a version for the PPC x64 architechture then you'd have a chance, but it'd still be so bloated that it might not even let you install.

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ooZEROoo
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_ 		21. April 2008 @ 13:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can emulate x86 with ppc but as said before good luck. If you did manage to get it to run it would be the slowest computer you have ever seen.
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