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11-17-2005, 08:24 AM
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#1 | | Member
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Rep Power: 3  | Windows Media Center edition
Windows Media Center edition is Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (SP1) with an additional application, Media Center, and related supporting services. XP MCE runs only on media center PCs, which include modern processors, fast video cards, FireWire connectivity for attaching a DV camera, a TV tuner card for interacting with a cable or satellite signal, and, optionally, other multimedia features, including a DVD writer, surround sound speakers, and front-panel access to the types of memory cards used by most digital cameras. | 
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11-17-2005, 02:15 PM
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#2 | | Distinguished Member
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Rep Power: 5 | So what good is it?  | |
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11-21-2005, 05:54 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Rep Power: 3 | No good at all
I prefer not to use Windows Media Centre personally.. I find there is other software out there that does the job better. | |
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11-22-2005, 01:11 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
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Rep Power: 3 | I feel that its been long since windows came up with a new version of XP  so they released Media Center. For us, i dont see any benifits.
Hey rob, whats the software you were talking about. | |
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11-22-2005, 09:51 PM
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#5 | | Senior Member
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Rep Power: 3 | Im not even sure exactly what media centre does, is it an actual operating system or just software to edit videos etc?? | |
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12-07-2005, 11:53 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
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Rep Power: 3 | Yes, it is an OS. I dont really see its benifits. I think it can act as a DVR and is like a big WMP in my opinion. Its not an improved xp home or pro because they still have those and created SP2.
-C | |
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12-08-2005, 03:58 AM
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#7 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Rep Power: 3 | I've heard some mixed reactions to MCE. Personally, I like it 
It does add a LOT of functioniality as a media PC, and does not require all those things listed by sinja - I tested it on a Celeron 1.4GHz with 256MB Ram & a 60GB hard drive, and it ran perfectly fine - though ideally, you wouldn't want to run it on anything less than a 2.8GHz / 3000+.
While I like it, there are many out there that won't - plus it's only of any real use if you actually require a media centre PC, otherwise you'll suffice perfectly well with WMP. | |
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12-08-2005, 05:22 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
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Rep Power: 3 | Exactly.
People always put down Celeron's, but these days they can run just about anything you throw at them.
I have one Celeron system I built with 512MB RAM and a cheap FX5200 video card and it runs like a dream. | |
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