Jason Dunn
01-14-2005, 10:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.windowsitpro.com/windowspaulthurrott/Article/ArticleID/45024/windowspaulthurrott_45024.html' target='_blank'>http://www.windowsitpro.com/windowspaulthurrott/Article/ArticleID/45024/windowspaulthurrott_45024.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"During his 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote address last night, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates outlined the digital entertainment successes his company has logged since its Digital Entertainment Anywhere launch event on October 12. He also highlighted some interesting initiatives that will drive momentum throughout 2005, including several partnerships, some of which are quite surprising. Gates noted that Microsoft has grown Media Center PC sales almost 50 percent since launching Windows XP Media Center Edition (XP MCE) 2005 in October. At that time, Microsoft reported that its hardware partners had sold a modest 1 million units in 2 years. However, in the 3 months since the Digital Entertainment Anywhere launch event, PC makers have sold almost 500,000 new Media Center PCs. If that sales pace continues, Media Center PCs will move out of their niche status and become a more viable platform for partners."</i><br /><br />This article is a nice summary of where Windows Media Center PCs are at right now - the market is growing, slowly but surely.