Slim PS3 vs Fat PS3

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#1 erglesmergle
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What are the pros and cons of each?

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#2 Javieralijandro
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slim can do everything the 80gb fat cna do besides installing other OS
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#3 Furi-Kun
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Please use the sticky. It's the first thread.

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#4 erglesmergle
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cant get any responses there.

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#5 erglesmergle
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Why did Sony take out the option to install another OS anyway? Sony always does something weird like that. The Cell isnt any less powerful than the Cell in the original models. Theres no reason the Slim cant handle another OS being installed on it. I think its just Sonys sneaky plan of getting people to help rid the shelves of the older PS3. The first thing people learn about the Slim is that it cant support other OSs so they become curious and decide to pick up the older model so they dont miss out on anything.

I dont know why anyone would want to install Linux anyway.

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#6 ciaran55
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the slim isUGLY :lol:

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#7 blahblah0102
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its pretty funny actually. the reason they took it out was because hackers started using the joint processing power clusters of ps3s to crack government codes or something. can your xbox do THAT?
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#8 F123DTV0
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I'm buying the slim. Smaller, lighter, quieter, cooler, more energy efficient. Hard drive does'nt matter since they're all upgradeable. I went to go look at the remaining 80 gb's in store and didn't realize they no longer come with the chrome casing? It's some fake painted non-shiney chrome? That looks even cheaper then the new slim in my opinion..
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#9 Mutt523
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Please use the sticky. It's the first thread.

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What Furi said.
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I'm buying the slim. Smaller, lighter, quieter, cooler, more energy efficient. Hard drive does'nt matter since they're all upgradeable. I went to go look at the remaining 80 gb's in store and didn't realize they no longer come with the chrome casing? It's some fake painted non-shiney chrome? That looks even cheaper then the new slim in my opinion..F123DTV0
Hasn't it been confirmed that you can't upgrade the slim's harddrive?
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#11 itachi1993
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[QUOTE="F123DTV0"]I'm buying the slim. Smaller, lighter, quieter, cooler, more energy efficient. Hard drive does'nt matter since they're all upgradeable. I went to go look at the remaining 80 gb's in store and didn't realize they no longer come with the chrome casing? It's some fake painted non-shiney chrome? That looks even cheaper then the new slim in my opinion..Mutt523
Hasn't it been confirmed that you can't upgrade the slim's harddrive?

Yes, you most likely will be able to upgrade the harddrive. I can't think of a reason why you wouldn't be able to.

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[QUOTE="F123DTV0"]I'm buying the slim. Smaller, lighter, quieter, cooler, more energy efficient. Hard drive does'nt matter since they're all upgradeable. I went to go look at the remaining 80 gb's in store and didn't realize they no longer come with the chrome casing? It's some fake painted non-shiney chrome? That looks even cheaper then the new slim in my opinion..Mutt523
Hasn't it been confirmed that you can't upgrade the slim's harddrive?

You can upgrade the hard drive. See this video:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/video-another-look-at-ps3-slim-and-its-removable-hdd

The only disadvantage I see is the Slim doesn't havethe power switch on the back to turn the power off to the system completely. So really...in the long run...the slim might not be that much of an energy saver, as system will still have power going to the system eventhough you have it off (red light showing that it's off).

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#13 Mutt523
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[QUOTE="Mutt523"][QUOTE="F123DTV0"]I'm buying the slim. Smaller, lighter, quieter, cooler, more energy efficient. Hard drive does'nt matter since they're all upgradeable. I went to go look at the remaining 80 gb's in store and didn't realize they no longer come with the chrome casing? It's some fake painted non-shiney chrome? That looks even cheaper then the new slim in my opinion..Dark_Eagle80

Hasn't it been confirmed that you can't upgrade the slim's harddrive?

You can upgrade the hard drive. See this video:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/video-another-look-at-ps3-slim-and-its-removable-hdd

The only disadvantage I see is the Slim doesn't havethe power switch on the back to turn the power off to the system completely. So really...in the long run...the slim might not be that much of an energy saver, as system will still have power going to the system eventhough you have it off (red light showing that it's off).

Ok sorry guys. I really haven't been caring much for it I just remember when it was announced everybody was saying you couldn't upgrade it.
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[QUOTE="F123DTV0"]I'm buying the slim. Smaller, lighter, quieter, cooler, more energy efficient. Hard drive does'nt matter since they're all upgradeable. I went to go look at the remaining 80 gb's in store and didn't realize they no longer come with the chrome casing? It's some fake painted non-shiney chrome? That looks even cheaper then the new slim in my opinion..Mutt523
Hasn't it been confirmed that you can't upgrade the slim's harddrive?

actually its been confirmed that you can, just look here

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/08/ps3-slim-hard-drives-dont-stop-at-120gb/

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#15 MrGanny
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Please use the sticky. It's the first thread.

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[QUOTE="F123DTV0"]I'm buying the slim. Smaller, lighter, quieter, cooler, more energy efficient. Hard drive does'nt matter since they're all upgradeable. I went to go look at the remaining 80 gb's in store and didn't realize they no longer come with the chrome casing? It's some fake painted non-shiney chrome? That looks even cheaper then the new slim in my opinion..

Smaller, lighter and not a lot quieter compare to the current model, the slim uses 250v and the current one uses 280v. Wow what a big difference, the big difference is when you compare it to the 60GB lunch model.
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#17 stumunro
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its pretty funny actually. the reason they took it out was because hackers started using the joint processing power clusters of ps3s to crack government codes or something. can your xbox do THAT? blahblah0102

no but my much more powerful pc can.

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#18 erglesmergle
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can you cite that? i want to see.

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#19 yagr_zero
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Please use the PS3 Slim Sticky when discussing the PS3 Slim. Thanks.