-- Posted by XF1 at 8:55 am on Aug. 7, 2005 My dad recently received a free upgrade from his work with the new XP Media Center Edition. Other than the prettier looks, what's so good about it? Is it worth installing? -- Posted by Mooo at 8:59 am on Aug. 7, 2005 I'll download it and get back to you. -- Posted by PHo at 9:00 am on Aug. 7, 2005 It's more stable, drastically cuts down on the appearance of the "Blue Screen of Death". I got my Windows XP Professional for free, I immediatly installed it over my Windows ME, but I changed the option, so now it looks just like previous versions of Windows, the blue Start Menu was getting to me. -- Posted by XF1 at 9:01 am on Aug. 7, 2005 Quote: from PHo at 9:00 am on Aug. 7, 2005 It's more stable, drastically cuts down on the appearance of the "Blue Screen of Death". Heh, that's good for me. -- Posted by PHo at 9:02 am on Aug. 7, 2005 Quote: from XF1 at 12:01 pm on Aug. 7, 2005 Quote: from PHo at 9:00 am on Aug. 7, 2005 It's more stable, drastically cuts down on the appearance of the "Blue Screen of Death". Heh, that's good for me. I've had XP for about ... um ... just over a year I think, right around the time Service Pack 2 came out, I think I only got that screen twice since, and that wasn't Windows fault, I had messed up another program. -- Posted by alecia14 at 9:30 am on Aug. 7, 2005 i have windows xp but don't really know all the differences -- Posted by Hexer at 2:13 am on Aug. 10, 2005 Anything windows for me is bad, -- Posted by anti christ at 3:26 pm on Aug. 16, 2005 Quote: from Hexer at 2:13 am on Aug. 10, 2005 Anything windows for me is bad, Not really.... Windows XP works like a charm for me, and there are TONS of programs available for windows in general... -- Posted by TheUnrealSlimShady at 1:13 am on Aug. 17, 2005 Quote: from PHo at 9:00 am on Aug. 7, 2005 It's more stable, drastically cuts down on the appearance of the "Blue Screen of Death". Hahaa!!! LOL!!!!   Oh my God, that made me laugh hard!! Windows sucks! The only thing worth doing is trashing your PC and getting a Mac... or installing some form of Unix/Linux on your PC. -- Posted by espresso8097 at 4:58 pm on Aug. 25, 2005 the media center edition is basically worthless unless you have a media center style PC. All it does is have drivers for remotes(and other like objects), better DVD support, and suited for media functionabiliy (hook-up to LCD TV as a sweet dvd player) -- Posted by squirellplayingtag at 5:18 pm on Aug. 25, 2005 As espresso said, it's more for your entertainment system. If you have a computer that controls your TV, dvd player, and a stereo then Media Center Edition is good, otherwise I'm not sure what use it will be. -- Posted by The PK at 5:25 am on Aug. 26, 2005 You'd want a big TV and a TV tuner card and a big ass hard disk for it to be any use to you. It's good if you want to record your favourite satellite or TV programmes and then burn them to DVD (after editing out all the commercials) but if you don't specifically want it for video and multimedia, it's pretty useless and will probably slow your PC performace down somewhat especially if you like gaming. -- Posted by bradp09 at 4:37 pm on Sep. 26, 2005 i'v had media center a while now and still can't see any major changes, i wouldn't install if i was you -- Posted by mrfri3drice at 7:07 pm on Sep. 30, 2005 easier to use -- Posted by tr1290 at 8:10 pm on Sep. 15, 2006 Quote: from TheUnrealSlimShady at 4:13 am on Aug. 17, 2005 Quote: from PHo at 9:00 am on Aug. 7, 2005 It's more stable, drastically cuts down on the appearance of the "Blue Screen of Death". Hahaa!!! LOL!!!!   Oh my God, that made me laugh hard!! Windows sucks! The only thing worth doing is trashing your PC and getting a Mac... or installing some form of Unix/Linux on your PC. Have you ever used it? If yes, then you are a moron for posting what is usually a lie but wise for posting your experience If no, then you are a jackass for talking about that which you have not experienced but wise for posting what is logically true - realistically not true -- Posted by tr1290 at 8:12 pm on Sep. 15, 2006 Quote: from espresso8097 at 7:58 pm on Aug. 25, 2005 the media center edition is basically worthless unless you have a media center style PC. All it does is have drivers for remotes(and other like objects), better DVD support, and suited for media functionabiliy (hook-up to LCD TV as a sweet dvd player) If you don't have the remote - I have only seen it for sale at best buy once - and it was a returned item. I dont know if they still sell it or not. If you really want one, they probably still sell them - i have not been anywhere in a while, so i cant say. -- Posted by TheUnrealSlimShady at 10:12 pm on Sep. 15, 2006 Quote: from tr1290 at 8:10 pm on Sep. 15, 2006 Quote: from TheUnrealSlimShady at 4:13 am on Aug. 17, 2005 Quote: from PHo at 9:00 am on Aug. 7, 2005 It's more stable, drastically cuts down on the appearance of the "Blue Screen of Death".    Hahaa!!! LOL!!!!      Oh my God, that made me laugh hard!!    Windows sucks! The only thing worth doing is trashing your PC and getting a Mac... or installing some form of Unix/Linux on your PC. Have you ever used it? If yes, then you are a moron for posting what is usually a lie but wise for posting your experience If no, then you are a jackass for talking about that which you have not experienced but wise for posting what is logically true - realistically not true Pardon the stupidity, it was a post from last year when I clearly had no idea what I was talking about. -- Posted by Stormblazer at 1:25 pm on Sep. 16, 2006 Quote: from XF1 at 9:55 am on Aug. 7, 2005 My dad recently received a free upgrade from his work with the new XP Media Center Edition. Other than the prettier looks, what's so good about it?   Is it worth installing? Unless you're an audiophile or have an obession with digital cameras and home theater, no.