Windows Media Center

[waylman]

I just bought an XBOX 360 and the idea of streaming video from my PC to the 360 is quite interesting...is media center a dumbed down version of XP or does it have the same capabilities as XP?

 

[stardrek]

XP Pro made to look nice on TVs. Few changes here and there, but pretty much the same. I'm doing this with my 360, by the way, and it works GREAT!

 

[RaymondY]

think MCE is more like XP Home Edition with a different front end

 

[IceBreakerG]

Media Center Edition is XP Professional NOT XP Home. It's just XP Pro with the MCE application embedded in it. So if you want a cheap copy of Pro, just get MCE. You don't even "have" to use the MCE app, it doesn't come on at startup unless you set it up to do so.

 

[stash]

It's Pro except that you can only join a domain during setup (breaking extenders), and there is no credman. Otherwise, it is idential, you can do EFS, IIS, regular file permissions, etc.

 

[waylman]

cool, thanks guys