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Windows Media Center Edition or Windows XP for Home?
Hi all I am getting ready to purchase a new computer. Im having
trouble deciding which operating system I want. I did pick up a couple of books from the Library. I am still a windows 98 user let me say up front. Well anyways after doing a little homework, I am surmizing that Windows Media Center is primarily if you want to add your TV to the mix. I have no desire to do that and maybe never will. To me computing is computing and Tv is Tv but that is just me. I have a very very nice entertainment setup already so that is my reason for the bent. Anyways if any of you could let me know what the primary reasons for either would be I would very much appreciate it. It looks to me like windows xp handles Pics, Videos, Dvds, just fine. I will be getting hold of third party software for those tasks at any rate anyways. Well anyways I would appreciate hearing your experiences and opinions. Thanks very much in Advance....Andy |
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"Andy" wrote in message oups.com... Hi all I am getting ready to purchase a new computer. Im having trouble deciding which operating system I want. I did pick up a couple of books from the Library. I am still a windows 98 user let me say up front. Well anyways after doing a little homework, I am surmizing that Windows Media Center is primarily if you want to add your TV to the mix. I have no desire to do that and maybe never will. To me computing is computing and Tv is Tv but that is just me. I have a very very nice entertainment setup already so that is my reason for the bent. Anyways if any of you could let me know what the primary reasons for either would be I would very much appreciate it. It looks to me like windows xp handles Pics, Videos, Dvds, just fine. I will be getting hold of third party software for those tasks at any rate anyways. Well anyways I would appreciate hearing your experiences and opinions. Thanks very much in Advance....Andy I think you've got it right. For the vast majority of users, XP Home is just fine. Personally, I do use my PC for TV, with three tuner cards, but use software that I believe is significantly better than MCE. Tom |
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