Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005?

[MrPhlegm]

Ok, now I am irritated enough with Win ME

to think about switching and what I am thinking of switching to is Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.

Has anyone had any experience with this OS.

What are your impressions of it?

or should I go with Win XP Pro? I don't want XP home as based on looking at it on my wife's machine Home is just ME on steroids.

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is $131.95 OEM at Newegg and Pro is $147.95 OEM.

 

[idigTexas]

Actually, Home is Pro without the ability to join a domain. Assuming that XP Home is anything at all like ME because of the GUI similarities is a big mistake. I prefer XP Pro because I am a nerd, and that's what I want. When I install an OS for familiy members, I install XP Home.

Media Center Edition is specifically designed to run on Media Center PCs. Unless you have a Media Center PC, or have most of the features of one, you will be disappointed. For mainstream computing at home, when a domain environment is not necessary, and Windows compatibility is preferred, you can't beat XP Home.

 

[TTUStudent]

If your comp came with ME on it then its probably time for a new one.

 

[KMcCoy33]

Media Center is only available on new systems. I am pretty sure it is not sold separately. As far as XP Home vs XP Pro, unless you are going to really play around with a home network and set one computer up as a server, you are not going to notice a difference.
Windows ME is probably the worst Windows released. I bought a computer with ME on it and put 2000 on it the next week cause it had so many problems. You are going to be happy with anything after running ME. I think it was one of those systems that they rushed out to take advantage of a demand for one since 2000 was released as an NT/business operating system.

 

[MrPhlegm]

Oh, you can get it separately if you know where to look

and as far as setting up a home netword, we have several computers so that is a possibility.

Does anybody have any experience with this Win Media 2005?

 

[TexasOwnzYou]

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[idigTexas]

My experience with newegg's "Must be purchased with hardware" policy is that it isn't always enforced. I have ordered OEM versions of XP as a single purchase, though usually I had ordered the parts for a system within 24 hours prior (I frequently forget to order the OS when putting a system together). Whether they gave me the benefit of the doubt or the warning is to cover their ***, I couldn't say.

 

[MrPhlegm]

Hardware can be a cable.

NewEgg is a system integrator so it can sell the OS at OEM prices if you buy "hardware" so that it satisfies the agreement that it has which says you have to buy it with "hardware" but does not specify what kind of hardware.

 

[Bob Wills]

Yeah, Newegg will toss in a cable that you will likely never use and provide it at a 100% discount before you checkout.

 

[wherzwaldo]

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