[quote name='Cthulhu8u']Yes it still does PS1. As far as what it lost, it depends on which iteration, as they have slowly been losing things over time.
Gone is:
PS2 support (for a while now)
SACD playback
at least 2 USB slots
touch buttons
the need for a huge power supply
noise
the ability to stand upright without a stand
Sixaxis only controllers
free CAT6 cable
Spiderman font
If you wait longer, the newer model PS3 slims will lose some more features, such as the ability to play movies Blu-rays over composite cables.[/QUOTE]
While you're right about most of those, the slim has a louder disc drive than the fat models. The fan is near silent though. Also, slims can stand upright without a stand but they're somewhat easy to fall over if gently pushed.
[quote name='sinned47']my ps3 80gb bc ylod on me a few weeks back :[
seriously the saddest thing has happened to me in a while
heres something that you may or may not know (i sure as hell didnt):
there are copyright protected save data such as sly collection and heavy rain
so you are going to lose that save data if you change ps3s
not sure if you can savage them without doing some kind of hex value editing[/QUOTE]
You could use the backup/restore feature for data on the harddrive, but I don't know if copy protected save files will transfer over to a new PS3 or if it only works for the same PS3 you backed up from.. and of course you'd need the original PS3 system that the hard drive was tied to to work to backup data. When I upgraded my hard drive my dragon age and heavy rain save files transfered over, but I was restoring them to the same PS3, just a different hard drive.