I never really did try to turn my PS3 into a super computer.
Yeah no, I'd imagine it's the exact same hardware sans Gamecube ports and with firmware that denies the use of Gamecube discs. Although, since that was around the time that Wii was pretty much starting to fall out of popularity, it wasn't the biggest of deals in my opinion. What I think is absolutely stupid is them relaunching an already dead console with similar hardware with absolutely no networking capabilities.