why can’t we use playstation Or xbox as a desktop computer and install Windows or linux in it… It’s has everything a cpu has I mean?

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Curious

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Not all CPUs are the same, and consoles don’t have standard motherboards and hardware in general to run Windows unless it’s specifically modified for it.

It’s the same reason why an iPhone or an iPad has RAM, CPU and storage but you can’t run Windows 11 on it.