PC World Looks at Windows Media Center Edition 2005

[Jason Dunn]

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118364,tk,dn110304X,00.asp

"Microsoft's new Windows XP Media Center 2005 operating system has new features that help a PC compete with consumer electronics devices in the living room, and that turn a PC into a home server capable of feeding audio and video to multiple devices on a wireless network. We tried out a preproduction PC with the new operating system. As did the previous version released in 2003, Media Center 2005 plays DVD movies, tunes in and records television programming, and manages your digital music library. It behaves like an application: Set it to start with Windows, or shut it down to make the desktop look--and work--like any other Windows XP box."

PC World takes MCE 2005 for a spin, and they're pleased with the results. I'm not entirely pleased with it myself, but that's a story for another day. ;-)

[Jason Dunn]

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118364,tk,dn110304X,00.asp

"Microsoft's new Windows XP Media Center 2005 operating system has new features that help a PC compete with consumer electronics devices in the living room, and that turn a PC into a home server capable of feeding audio and video to multiple devices on a wireless network. We tried out a preproduction PC with the new operating system. As did the previous version released in 2003, Media Center 2005 plays DVD movies, tunes in and records television programming, and manages your digital music library. It behaves like an application: Set it to start with Windows, or shut it down to make the desktop look--and work--like any other Windows XP box."

PC World takes MCE 2005 for a spin, and they're pleased with the results. I'm not entirely pleased with it myself, but that's a story for another day. ;-)