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[WIN] Window xp pro or Window MCE 2005 which is better


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#1 mank

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Posted 18 October 2005 - 06:43 PM

Hi

Which edition of Windows is better Windows Xp pro or Windows Media centre 2005 edition..

I want to install one of them on my home pc but not sure which is better....

Is MCE 2005 slower than XP pro?

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Posted 18 October 2005 - 07:36 PM

MCE pretty much IS XP Pro. It has the MCE app and a few apps from the Plus Digital Media Edition built in, and a few network features turned off, but is otherwise XP Pro.

If you aren't going to use the MCE app, go with Pro. MCE uses up resources.

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Posted 18 October 2005 - 08:39 PM

thanks mate

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Posted 18 October 2005 - 09:42 PM

Personally I think MCE is better - it's just XP with a few extra functions. So yeah MCE. Even though I use XP.

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Posted 19 October 2005 - 09:34 AM

Singh400

Why do you think MCE is better??

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Posted 19 October 2005 - 11:02 AM

if you are using it for a media center computer, get MCE. if not, get pro. it's that simple.

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Posted 19 October 2005 - 01:48 PM

it's not that simple Jixxylax, some people are saying that MCE is more soild than XP

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Posted 19 October 2005 - 01:50 PM

How can that be true, MCE is XP, just a few extras components!

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Posted 19 October 2005 - 02:13 PM

people are saying that it's the way MCE has been improved over xp
which is better... The drivers of MCE is more solid than XP

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Posted 19 October 2005 - 09:26 PM

View Postmank, on Oct 19 2005, 09:13, said:

people are saying that it's the way MCE has been improved over xp
which is better... The drivers of MCE is more solid than XP
you have no idea what you are talking about buddy.

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Posted 19 October 2005 - 09:41 PM

yes. mank, your brain is mank.

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Posted 19 October 2005 - 09:46 PM

View Postmank, on Oct 19 2005, 04:34, said:

Singh400

Why do you think MCE is better??

View PostSingh400, on Oct 18 2005, 16:42, said:

Personally I think MCE is better - it's just XP with a few extra functions. So yeah MCE. Even though I use XP.
that's why ... XP with the MCE features. there is no other difference.

View PostFod, on Oct 19 2005, 16:41, said:

yes. mank, your brain is mank.
haha ... yes. XP and MCE have the same drivers, or wait, MCE has better ones. huh? :lick:

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Posted 20 October 2005 - 01:28 AM

Well, ONE other difference. You can't join MCE to a domain. It was disabled because MCE is cheaper than Pro and they didn't want corporate clients buying it for workstations :P

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Posted 20 October 2005 - 01:55 AM

Like everyone else has said..unless you need to join a domain, go with MCE. If you don't want have the MCE stuff running in the background, just disable it after you finish install. I'm running MCE and use it as a DVR...I like it better than Charter's Moxi Box :)

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Posted 20 October 2005 - 03:33 AM

MCE has more specific hardware requirements to.





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