The processor in Sony"s PlayStation 3 gaming console will support Apple"s Mac OS X Tiger operating system according to a recent posting to Sony"s UK website.
"Sony is expected to offer optional hard drives for the PlayStation 3 with potential memory capacity of 80 or 120 GB. It remains to be decided whether the standard version of the PS3 will come complete with a hard drive," reads a company statement.
"The operating system has also yet to be clarified. The integrated Cell processor will be able to support a variety of operating systems (such as Linux or Apple"s Tiger)."
It"s unclear at the moment exactly what this will mean for Mac or PlayStation 3 users. Sony"s Cell processor is a derivative of IBM"s PowerPC chip used by Apple in its personal computers.
Previous mumblings had presented the possibility that Apple was looking to form a partnership with Sony on the PlayStation 3 that would make some of the console"s games compatible with the Mac OS X operating system. With Apple"s announced switch to Intel processors, this now seems less likely.
Analysts at Wedbush Morgan Securities recently said that Sony may delay the release of the PlayStation 3 until 2007 if the Microsoft"s Xbox 360 launch is less than stellar.