Fw: Re: Anyone know if you can get Windows XP Media Center Editionyet ?

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxx>]

Home Edition can be nobbled to turn
it into Pro quite easily.

G.

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"Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: .	[ukha_d] Re: Anyone know if you can get Windows XP Media Center Edition yet ? .
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--- In ukha_d@y..., "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@h...> wrote:
> Remember though Gareth, XP Media centre edition includes poxy DRM
stuff in
> it, so no hope of playing stuff you record on another PC on your
LAN...
>
> As ever, the product went through the normal design lifecycle:
>
> Marketing department--->R&D department--->f*ck it up by crippling
it
> department...
>
> Paul G.
>

<question class="stupid">Anyone know if the Media Centre Edition of
XP is based on XP Pro or XP Home?</question>

Of course I bet it is based on the completely useless Home edition so
you can kiss goodbye to hooking it up to your home LAN.

Graham