You're on record saying you wish the iPod was made by Sony. Deny it? I have the link, and you've been reminded before.
Like Intel's? Like Cisco's? Like Microsoft's? Like HP's?
None of those companies sold a $10 billion/year business to the Chicoms for a measly $1 billion. Nor do they have a vested interest in China's dominance of any market like IBM hopes the Chinese dominate the PC market.
You are the one condemning all of IBM, not me.
No I'm not, I'm just pointing out their flaws despite your blind devotion to the Cell processor, which is the poster child for poorly utilized cores.
the Cell has helped make the PS3 the most flexible and future-proof Blu-Ray player on the market, responsible for a large percentage of all Blu-Ray player sales.
LMAO! Now you're so desperate you're even trying to credit IBM for Sony's sucess with their proprietary Blu-Ray technology. FYI Sony sells Blu-Ray players and PC's with Blu-Ray drives, and none of those use the Cell, nor are there any plans for them to use the Cell. But don't let facts get in the way of your endless sales pitch.
Bring on the link, and I will yet again show you how you are twisting my words.
No I'm not, I'm just pointing out their flaws despite your blind devotion to the Cell processor,
Thank you for making my point, that I praise or damn technology on its own merits or lack thereof. IBM's other flaws have nothing to do with the technological achievement of the Cell processor in this discussion. You, with your blind hatred, of course tried to drag all that in.
Now you're so desperate you're even trying to credit IBM for Sony's sucess with their proprietary Blu-Ray technology.
Nice try, but no dice. Sony has made a lot of other Blu-Ray players, many stuck at 1.0 or 1.1 of the specification (I can see you Googling furiously now to find out what that means). In part because of the power of the Cell, the PS3 has easily progressed from 1.0 to 2.0 of the spec, and can easily go to 3.0, simply through software updates. Adding a secondary audio and video decoder to achieve profile 1.1 was just a software update, the Cell can easily handle the extra load. Too bad, everybody who bought a regular 1.0 player.
FYI Sony sells Blu-Ray players and PC's with Blu-Ray drives
Blu-Ray playback can be a PITA on a PC, and you have to get a pretty decent PC to do it, more expensive than a PS3.
BTW, can any of those PCs show me 48 full-motion SD videos shrunk to thumbnails on the fly at the same time, so I can select one to play? How about six 1080p HD videos? Didn't think so.