What exactly does XP MCE do? Just let you add tv to your computer
quickly or what?

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:36:29 -0500, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah well.
>
> Anyway, thanks to the PSU from Jim Davis (thanks Jim, check's in the
> mail!) I now have enough spare parts to put together a MythTV box.
>
> -Kevin
>
> On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 17:03:56 -0500, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > CRAP. CRAP. CRAP.
>
>
> >
> > From Gizmodo:
> > There's word from Matt Goyer, one of the Windows XP Media Center
> > Edition 2005 program managers, that the new edition will not be
> > available as a standalone retail product, although it will be
> > available to OEMs and system builders as before. There's a lot to
> > like, features-wise, about XP MCE 2005, but that is certainly
> > disappointing news. A reasonable-priced standalone version might lure
> > more of the home theater scene who are currently toying with MythTV
> > and the like but are more comfortable with Windows than Linux.
> > Instead, we've got to pay the hardware premium from OEMs just to get
> > the software we might want.
> >
> > How stupid can MS be. Oh well, no XBox Extender for me.
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 15:02:40 -0500, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Cool!!!!
> > >
> > > -Kevin
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:42:19 -0500, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > > So hey, a long time ago we talked about how MS was going to make a
> > > > Media Center Extender for XBOX. We talked about how there was no way
> > > > to upgrade a Windows XP Pro box to XP ME... it now looks like it will
> > > > be possible, which makes the XBOX Extender possible! (Well, it was
> > > > always possible, but I wasn't going to buy a whole PC for it.)
> > > >
> > > > http://www.engadget.com/entry/7828361058303561/
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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