Windows XP Media Center Edition (or XPMCEfor short) is a special version of MS Windows XP designed for use on a monitor or television screen and with features targeted at home entertainment such as storing pictures, music and video. It can be controlled with a remote control instead of a mouse.

If you need a new PC now--in 2005--there is absolutely no reason to wait for Windows Vista. Any mainstream PC today is fully capable of running Windows Vista. Arguably, the only issue will be the display adapter. On desktop PCs, it's generally very simple to upgrade the existing display adapter to a more powerful model that can handle Aero Glass. See similar questions...

You can do everything with your Media Center PC that you could do with Windows XP - word processing, playing games and of course, listening to music. Remember though that if you are using a TV screen you may find it difficult to read small text. See similar questions...

No. This functionality is not available in through the Xbox 360's Media Center Extender. You can only watch one DVD at a time by using the Xbox360's DVD drive. See similar questions...

Every Xbox 360 also works as a Media Center Extender-which means you'll be able to access recorded TV (including high-definition shows) and digital movies (including high-definition films), music, video, and photos stored on Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005-based PCs through any Xbox 360. What's more, you can stay connected to Xbox Live and still receive game invites and messages from your friends while watching your favourite TV shows or movies. See similar questions...

As soon as you install a compatible TV tuner card and hook up an antenna or cable TV. Web TV? for Windows and TV Viewer are included in Windows 98, as is Program Guide, which you can use to find out when programs are on and set reminders to tune in. Windows 98 lets you watch TV full screen, in a window, or on a second monitor as you work in another application. See similar questions...

If you have a CD-RW drive on your computer, Windows XP has an integrated CD burning feature that allows you to burn data files onto recordable CDs. For Wellesley College-owned computers, there is a better CD-burning program called Roxio Easy CD-Creator that you may use. There are 2 types of recordable CDs: CD-R or CD-RW. CD-RWs are CDs that are re-writable, meaning that you may erase the CD at any time and re-use the CD to burn more files onto it. See similar questions...

For most classes, no. However, if you are taking a Computer Science course that requires a specific operating system, such as Windows, you can't use a Mac. Check with the instructor of the course if you are unsure. Also, at this time, most of the proprietary course content used in the Math 55 and 65 online courses cannot be accessed on a Mac. See similar questions...

PLEASE READ THIS PARAGRAPH TWICE. NO USB external floppy drive will support Apple 400K or 800K diskettes. Period. Also, there are NO EXTERNAL SCSI-BASED floppy drives to speak of, today. Period. And Apple's older external floppy drives for 400K, 800K and 1.4Mb are intended for use ONLY with Apple Macs which already have an INTERNAL floppy drive. Period. Mac 400K and 800K diskettes are written in a unique fashion, no standard IBM-type floppy disk controller card in a PC can read them. See similar questions...

It has the same basic features as before, but it sports a redesigned menu system, mainly so you can control it from an Xbox 360 over your home network. See similar questions...

Ordinarily that answer is Yes, because Media Center is based on XP Pro. However, I have found some disk partition management and backup programs that did not work. In addition, there are apparently many audio and music programs that may not work - there's a detailed list here. See similar questions...

For music applications there is no real advantage to having XP Pro. The additional features are more useful for network administrators than for most professional musicians. The S2 comes with Windows Professional for these networking reasons. See similar questions...

The driver is already installed, the user can login with any user rights. All that is required is to enter the password that has been set up for the "EncryptEase" disc. before extracting the data to the hard disc, the PC must have the driver installed. In order to install the driver the user must be logged in with administrator authority.Once the driver is installed, the EncryptEase disc can be used with any user level. See similar questions...

No. All the Web-based services included in the Penn Live suite can be accessed from Windows, Mac, or Linux using Internet Explorer or Firefox. The only exceptions are Live Messenger, which is available for both Windows and Mac OS 9 and OS X; the FolderShare Satellite sync software, available for Windows and Mac OS X; and the Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta application, which is only available on Windows. See similar questions...

A Media Center PC must be relatively high spec to cope with the demands placed on it - typically a fast processor, high capacity hard drive, fast graphics card and advanced audio card. Many Media Center PCs reject traditional beige styling for a modern look that doesn't seem out of place in your living room or in your home entertainment stack. See similar questions...

Which operating system you decide to use should depend on what features you need. For example, if you are already using IIS, ASP, VBScript, Windows Media, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, or Visual InterDev, and you don't have the time to learn Unix-based solutions, you'll have to choose a Windows NT or Windows 2000-based host. Just because your desktop is Windows-based doesn't mean you should use a Windows host. See similar questions...

Microsoft is aiming to combine the features of Windows Me for the consumer, and reliability of Windows 2000 for businesses and power users into one new operating system. This operating system in its' different flavors will have new features for gaming, multimedia applications, audio, etc. in addition to features for networking, development, etc. for businesses and power users. See similar questions...

Windows XP comes in Professional and Home versions. Servers will also come out, but they are still in beta testing. See similar questions...

Windows XP Home is $99 for an upgrade copy and $199 for the full version. Windows XP Pro is $199 for the upgrade version and $299 for a full copy. See similar questions...