Windos XP Media Center Edition

**boybi** · February 3rd, 2007 04:57 PM

anong advantage nito sa Win XP Pro? i'm planning kasi to reinstall the OS in my PC. kung mas ok ang media center ed, ito nalang ang install ko. baka hindi pa kasi kayanin ng system ko ang vista.

**mikmik316** · February 3rd, 2007 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by boybi

anong advantage nito sa Win XP Pro? i'm planning kasi to reinstall the OS in my PC. kung mas ok ang media center ed, ito nalang ang install ko. baka hindi pa kasi kayanin ng system ko ang vista.

If you plan to use your desktop as a "digital hub" at home then choose Media Center... If you are using it for business, mission critical apps, and you will connect to a domain/server-client set-up use XP Pro...

**boybi** · February 3rd, 2007 05:49 PM

i use my PC for internet, a little graphics/photo editing, gaming.

**mikmik316** · February 3rd, 2007 05:53 PM

choice nyo na lang yan sir.... pwede XP Pro or Media Center... pero if an XBOX 360 is on the horizon of your purchase decisions... install Media Center para they communicate right away....

**boybi** · February 3rd, 2007 07:10 PM

sa site ng microsoft, pwede daw itong Media Center for watching and recording TV shows. pano ito?

**Jun aka Pekto** · February 3rd, 2007 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by boybi

sa site ng microsoft, pwede daw itong Media Center for watching and recording TV shows. pano ito?

If I remember correctly, you need to have a tv tuner that's supported by MS Media Center and the remote.

Here's the link from the MS home page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/m...p/default.mspx

**boybi** · February 3rd, 2007 07:21 PM

i'm currently using winxp pro. what would i lose if i switched to media center? would switching to media center be considered an upgrade or a downgrade of my current OS?

**Jun aka Pekto** · February 3rd, 2007 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by boybi

i'm currently using winxp pro. what would i lose if i switched to media center? would switching to media center be considered an upgrade or a downgrade of my current OS?

That depends. How much of XP Pro's unique features do you actually use at home? I can't remember much of XP Pro's unique functions besides Backup and support for 2 cpus.

You lose the domain-related stuff but gain built-in TiVo functions/dvd-burning since MCE is geared towards media stuff.

**mikmik316** · February 3rd, 2007 11:32 PM

Yeah you lose business networking functions... For me having a Media Center OS is a downgrade on the point of price of OEM (8,000 for Pro, 7,000 for Media Center)...