Is Windows Media Center worth the upgrade from Windows XP Home?
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im not sure of the price difference, but i believe Xp media center is Professional with added goodies.\n\nI believe this because it supports/has Remote Desktop built in, it has System restore built in.\n\nBut if your into music, pictures, videos and watching tv (if your computer has a tv tuner) then its well worth it. For me it was.\n\nif you do decide to get it try out microsoft.com for some cool pieces of software to help further personalize it.\n\n(you can also download programs for home too so either way take a look)
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It can do all those things.  Windows XP Media Center is essentially Windows XP with a few gimmicks thrown in.
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Um...98 would not be an upgrade over Me, although it would be an improvement.  Best bet is to upgrade to XP.  XP Pro is the better of the two (Pro or Home).
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Depends what you are doing. It will work for drivers but you can't downgrade Media Center to XP Pro not to mention that Media Center is Pro with the extra drivers and eHome software (The Media 'Center').
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any computer designed for "windows media center 2005" will be great. make sure you have a big harddrive. a faster processor is always better, and a lot of ram.\n\njust get a windows media center 2005 computer with big numbers for the cpu ram, and harddrive. you will be fine.
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Yes... Windows Media Player..  comes with the puter..\nE
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i would stay with windows me\n\nwindows 2000 needs much more resources than win me\nso it's going to be sortta upgrade rather than downgrade !\n\nwin 2000 & win xp are basically same family\nhome versions of the win nt series\n\nwin me is same family as win 98 & win 95\n\nif u could just share why's u wanting to change os\nproblems u facing or seeking some results ???\n\n>> that way i can address issue square on !
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Actually, you're on the right track and doing very well.  There's not really any big differences between XP Home and Pro. The Pro version does have a few good features that Home doesn't but they both work the same. I especially like the "Repair" part of XP Pro because of the way it works perfectly which is great in these days where we never know what's going to happen lol. By putting the new cd install disk in the rom drive and changing the boot order in the "bios/setup" area when first booting up the machine so that it boots to the cd rom drive first. That way the new cd will start up and allow you to format and partition the hard drive and then will install the fresh, new copy for you. If I can help, I'll walk you thru it step by step until the job is complete. Larry Radio Shack 01-9590
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I think it better to erase your hard drive and then upgrade with windows xp pro
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Have you tried windows media player's - media guide?
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I believe you're talking about Windows Media Center Edition.  You cannot use the 'multimedia page' without switching operating systems.  You'd have to reformat your hard drive and load Windows MCE to be able to use it.
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I would guess no, since Windows Media Player has been integrated with windows pretty extensively for some time now, meaning it has to be on the same drive as windows.
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BEFORE you do anything check the compatibility of your components, sound card, video card, modem, then download the drivers for each and put on a CD. I know this the hard way when I updated my modem was not supported by XP i had dialup at the time, so I did not have internet til I bought a new modem, I had a creative modem which has more support than most, you may wind up buying more than you expect with this upgrade. that said have your drivers ready, and backup your data, Then format the drive do a clean install, The alternative would be to buy another HDD and set this one to slave, and your new one to master and install XP on the master, then you will have access to all your files
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If you are running older computers you may want to stay with W2k Pro. I have P-III computers of which two ran XP and the others W2k Pro. When the XP computer needed reistalling I went back to W2k. I could see no advantage and XP soaked up most of the computers resources. I found W2k very easy on the resources and could do everything I needed. I just thought I would mention it before you took the plunge. \nIMHO
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from what i gather, 2 things come 2 mind\n1. win xp media centre 2005 as os, with remote control even better\n2. 17" widescreen for presentations\n\nthe dell e1705 comes to mind\nhttp://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspn_e1705?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs\n\nconfigure it to suit u\nhttp://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DNCWGA1&s=dhs\n\nIntel® Core™ Duo T2250 (1.73GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533 MHz FSB)\nGenuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005\nExpress Upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium from XP Media Center Edition\n17 inch Wide Screen XGA+ Display\n1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz\n160GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive\n8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability\n256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory\nIntegrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition\n53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery\nDell Wireless 1390b/g (54Mbps)\nDell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)\nInterlink ExpressCard Media Remote for Bluetooth-enabled Notebooks\nIncludes Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD\nBasic and trial products from Corel and Yahoo\n1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service\n6 Months of America Online Membership Included\nIntegrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem\nAdobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0\nInspiron 1705 Dual Core\nWindows Vista™ Capable\nIntel Core Duo Processor\n\n>> $ 1,223\n\nanother suggestion, \n17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™  [add $149 or $5/month1]\nDell UltraSharp Quality\n>> adds life to display & well worth the money !\n\nlemme know if i can clarify / help any further, any time pal !
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Have you tried your Windows Media Player?
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There is very little difference in xp home and xp pro if you have sp2 installed...xp pro does offer a little more about networking