Vista Beta Question

[Mesix]

Does this Beta come with the MCE components?



That'd be awfully neat with the SUPPORTED Theater 550 Pro I got

 

[spyordie007]

Yes it does. I've got my MCE box dual-booting Vista 5384 and XP MCE 2005.

The MCE components in this build of Vista are better than previous builds, but it doesnt seem to be at par on the whole fit and finish with the rest of the OS. Not that I can say I'm that surprsised, the MCE components have lagged a bit behind a lot of the other components through most of the development process. I'm sure it will get better in upcoming builds.

Install it on your MCE box and if you run into issue bug them.

Erik

 

[stash]

MCE in beta2 works great with the 550. Also, extender support for the 360 is available in beta2, so try that out if you have a 360. Animations are not enabled yet for extender, and there are some perf issues, but it does work.

 

[angrynerdrock]

it sure does, and i am really happy about that. I really wanted to get MCE a try before investing money into it, and this seems great....i can flip to my tv and use the media related functions, and then back to my monitor to use the rest...very nice indeed. Now to test its functionality with the xbox360 i will need a crossover cable right, since basically im hooking computer to computer?

Will i need two ethernet ports to allow broadband and connect the computer with the xbox 360, or can i just use a hub or a router to acheive this?

 

[stash]

Generally, you have your xbox and the MCE connected to a switch, which then has connectivity to the Internet. This is so the Xbox can get to Live.

I seem to remember there is a requirement for you to be connected to Live for the extender to work, at least in the beta.