PS3 vs XBOX 360 vs Wii

Pricing
		Xbox 360		PlayStation 3	Wii
Low-end model		$299		$499	n/a
Mainstream model		$399		$599	$249

 
 

Microprocessor
Feature	Xbox 360	PlayStation 3	Wii
Processor type	3.2 GHz PowerPC with 3 dual-threaded processor cores	3.2 GHz Cell processor with 7 single-threaded synergistic processing units cores (not directly comparable to Xbox 360 processor cores)	729 MHz IBM Broadway processor with 5 execution units

 
 

Graphics processor
Feature	Xbox 360	PlayStation 3	Wii
GPU Type	ATI-based custom processor	NVIDIA-based RSX "Reality Synthesizer"	ATI Hollywood processor
Clock speed	500 MHz	550 MHz	243 MHz
Video RAM	Up to 512 MB GDDR3 system RAM (700 MHz) plus 10 MB embedded DRAM (eDRAM) frame buffer	256MB GDDR3 (700MHz)	24 MB of system RAM (486 MHz) plus 3 MB of embedded DRAM (eDRAM)
Video memory bandwidth	21.6 GBps to system RAM 256 GBps to eDRAM	22.4 GBps	3.9 GBps

 
 

Video
Feature	Xbox 360	PlayStation 3	Wii
Native video resolutions	16:9 widescreen 720p, 1080i, 1080p (will downsample to standard definition)	480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p (will downsample to standard definition)	853 x 480 (480p) in widescreen or 4:3 aspect ratio
Component HDTV output	Yes	Yes	No (does support 480p EDTV)
HDMI output	No	Yes, but HDMI cable not included	No
Cables included	Composite and component	Composite only	Composite only

 
 

Audio
Feature	Xbox 360	PlayStation 3	Wii
Sound output	Multi-channel, up to 256 discrete channels	5.1 channel Dolby surround sound	Dolby Pro-Logic II

 
 

System memory
Feature	Xbox 360	PlayStation 3	Wii
Main System RAM	512 MB GDDR3 RAM (700 MHz), shared with GPU	256 MB XDR RAM (3.2GHz)	64 MB GDDR3 RAM
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GBps	25.6 GBps	1.9 GBps

 
 

Storage
Feature	Xbox 360	PlayStation 3	Wii
Optical drive	12X dual-layer DVD; HD-DVD drive offered as $200 add-on (for movies only).	Blu-Ray	Proprietary optical drive
Supported optical formats	Xbox DVD, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, and JPEG Photo CD (HD-DVD supported with optional HD-DVD drive).	BD, BD-ROM, Blu-ray Disc, CD, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side), DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation2 CD-ROM, SACD HD, and SACD Hybrid (CD layer).	Wii discs (both 4.7 GB single layer and 8.5 GB dual layer), Nintendo GameCube discs. Not DVD compatible.
Hard drive	20 GB removable hard drive in premium version of console only.	20 GB or 60 GB replaceable hard drive.	No. (Does include 512 MB of internal flash memory for storing saved games, downloaded games, and other data).
Memory card ports	2 Xbox 360 Memory Unit ports (64 MB or 512 MB).	None in 20 GB version; 60 GB version includes flash memory card reader (supports Memory Stick, Compact Flash and SD/MMC).	1 SD card slot, 2 GameCube memory card ports.
USB 2.0 ports	3	4	2

 
 

Networking
Feature	Xbox 360	PlayStation 3	Wii
Ethernet	1 port (100 Mbs)	1 port (1 Gbps)	No; optional with USB-based add-on.
Wireless networking	No. 802.11g is optional ($100) on both models.	Bluetooth 2.0, Bluetooth controller interface; Wi-Fi is available only on 60 GB version.	Integrated Wi-Fi for networking and Internet access; Bluetooth 2.0 for controllers.
Online service	Pervasive online experience through Xbox Live Silver (free), Xbox Live Gold; includes ability to download full-length movies and TV shows, many in HD format.	Free but limited PlayStation Network with micropayment system; includes a Web browser. Individual game makers can choose to charge for online services.	Wii Network online service includes online shopping, Web browsing, messaging, and other features.

 
 

Multimedia features
Feature	Xbox 360	PlayStation 3	Wii
Full Media Center Extender 2.0 experience	Yes	No	No
Live and recorded TV support (including HDTV)	Yes	No	No
Supports streaming video from PCs	Yes	No	No
Supports streaming audio from PCs	Yes	No	No
Supports streaming photo slideshows from PCs	Yes	No	No
Plays content from portable media players, including iPod and Sony PSP, and with digital cameras	Yes. (Includes supported for protected WMA files, but cannot play protected AAC files.)	Partial device support only; cannot play protected WMA or AAC files.	No
Displays content from portable storage devices	Yes	Partial	Photos, MPEG and Quicktime movies, and MP3 music files from SD storage only.
Plays DVD movies	Yes	Yes	No
Upscales DVD movies to HD resolutions, including 1080p	Yes	No	No
Supports next-generation DVD formats	No. Can play HD-DVD movies with optional $200 add-on.	Yes. Blu-Ray drive included with console.	No

 
 

Controllers
Feature	Xbox 360	PlayStation 3	Wii
Number of supported controllers	4 wireless (plus wired controllers via USB), controllers will work with Windows PCs as well. Controllers feature removable AA batteries and can be replaced with removable rechargeable battery packs.	7 wireless and/or wired controllers total. PS3 controller does not feature a removable battery.	4 wireless Remote Controllers. Also supports Nunchuk add-on controller (attaches to Remote Controller and for many Wii games) Wii Classic Controller (also attaches to remote controller; for older, downloadable games), and up to four legacy GameCube controllers.
Rumble functionality	Yes	No	No
Motion sensor functionality	No	Yes	Yes

 
 

Compatibility
Feature	Xbox 360	PlayStation 3	Wii
Compatible with previous generation games	Partial compatibility with original Xbox titles. (Only some original Xbox titles work, more are being added slowly over time.)	Near-complete compatiblity with PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games in North America and Japan only - European version of console offers just partial compatibility with PS and PS2 titles.	Plays all GameCube game titles (but doesn't include GameCube controller or memory card); Nintendo offers some downloadable versions of Nintendo NES, SNES, and N64 titles, as well as NEC TurboGrafix-16 and Sega Genseis titles, for $5 to $10 each via online service.
Improves legacy game experience	Yes. Original Xbox games are upscaled to HDTV resolutions and some games (like Halo 2) are graphically improved.	No	Some downloadable games appear to offer subtly enhanced graphics when compared to originals, but are otherwise identical.

The first million dollar laptop

UK-based bespoke luxury goods creator Luvaglio has created the first million dollar laptop. That's what the first of their luxury laptops will sell for. Full details of the laptop have not been released at this point, but it is known that it incorporates a 17" widescreen LED lit screen with a specially designed anti-reflective glare coating for clear and brighter image, 128GB of Solid State Disk space and a slot loading Blue-Ray drive. There is an integrated screen cleaning device and a very rare coloured diamond piece of jewellery that doubles up as the power button when placed into the laptop and also acts as security identification.

The first such masterpiece will sell for more than US$1,000,000

Bill Gates to finally receive his Harvard degree

It's not like he needs it to beef up his résumé, but the world's richest college dropout finally is getting his degree.

Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, will speak at Harvard University's commencement ceremony in June 2007 and, like all commencement speakers, will receive an honorary degree from the institution.

It's hard to guess if Gates, the wealthiest person in the world and co-founder of a company that brought in $44 billion in revenue last year, cares. But the programming whiz who once dropped out of Harvard will likely feel some sense of satisfaction.

Gates arrived at Harvard as a freshman in 1973 and while there got to know Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, who lived just down the hall. Gates already had discovered his interest in software, having programmed computers since the age of 13. While at Harvard, Gates helped develop a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer, the MITS Altair.

During his junior year, Gates dropped out of the university to work full-time on Microsoft, a company he and his childhood friend Paul Allen founded. In hindsight, it's hard to criticize that decision.

The commencement ceremony takes place June 7 2007. Harvard awards honorary degrees in different subjects, but doesn't announce the subject in advance.

In July next year, Gates plans to step down from his day-to-day role at Microsoft to devote most of his time to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the philanthropic organization dedicated to solving global health problems and funding educational programs. He'll remain chairman of Microsoft.

Creating Blog Posts From Office 2007 … The Process !!

Here is a tutorial for creating Blog posts directly from the new Office 2007.

Firstly create a new office document in word 2007 and you get the option for a new blog post.

Then we create the post as I am doing with all the stuff that you have to put in the blog post.

After this is accomplished you need to setup the account for which you need to create this post to. Select the Manage Accounts from the clearly visible interface of word 2007 for blogging.

Now choose the blog account from the list shown.

Now enter the user name and the password for the account. Since I use Blogger it asks for the Blogger Account.

It then connects to Blogger and detects my blog "Computer Da Puttar"

Once the Account is all set up you just need to press the publish button to post the blog post. The images need to be hosted on some server and in my case I am using the server which hosts my website. The images then get uploaded and the post gets published linking the images from my server to the blog.

The interesting thing here is that I can use all the formatting including colors, shadow effects and reflections which are a part of the new Office's features and spell checks with the comfort of word which were not available to me while posting through the web based manner in the case of Blogger.

From now onwards all the posts will come through office 2007. This is a great new feature which I am enjoying to the fullest !!

Blogging Using One Note

This is an experimental post ! If it is successful I will post how to do it !