Gary
Thu Jul 03 08:10:26 PDT 2008
An alternative would be to go to either the Home Premium or Ultimate SKUs of
Windows Vista, if your computer has sufficient hardware to run Windows
Vista.
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Gary Tsang
http://www.gtsang.com
Microsoft MVP - Windows Media Center
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
"Jaime" <jaimelobo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Media Center is considered a separate OS, it is based on XP Pro, but you
> can't just add it or convert it, you would have to purchase and do a clean
> install (no upgrade option). It is either available as an XP version Media
> Center Edition 2005 or the features are included in Vista Home Premium or
> Vista Ultimate.
>
> The requirements are more or less the same as the equivalent version of
> Windows for the basic system, if you want to do TV, you would need a
> compatible tuner card and would need to make sure the video card is
> sufficiently powered and has the proper connections if outputting to
> something other than a PC monitor (like a TV with s-video).
>
> As far as features, it would be much easier for you to go to the Microsoft
> site, type "Media Center" in the search box and do some reading rather
> than people here rehash everything to you.
> --
> James
> Orlando (Goofy says "Hey"), Florida
>
> "jp2msft" <jp2msft@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1571BD78-AFBC-4DCA-8437-764FD25693B5@microsoft.com...
>> What all would I need to do to convert my XP Pro SP3 machine to a Media
>> Center PC?
>>
>> XP by itself does not seem to be that great for playing DVDs or recording
>> shows that we'd like to watch later. Does Media Center bring that?
>>
>> I don't know much about Media Center, so please forgive my ignorance.
>