RE: Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - UK Launch

["Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Mal Lansell [mailto:mlansell@xxxxxxx]
> He He - if you can't afford one *before* the wedding, what makes you
think
> you'll be able to (or allowed to) afterwards ;-)

I'll gloss over that, otherwise I may lose my mindless optimism!

> Noooo!!!  I don't want to buy yet another PC...

Why do I know that feeling?!

> I might be persuaded to have an Xbox in the living room, but only if I
can
> quieten the fan...

You can have quiet clients quite easily.  Mini-ITX boxes have the power to
run Xlobby silently.  The big downfall of Xlobby is its reliance on a
pointing device.  There's no real thought given to controlling it via
cursor keys or IR remote.  That's the reason I want to move to MythTV.  I
have 8 identical IR remotes with a joypad and usefully labelled menu
buttons.  They'll be ideal for a MythTV client.  I also happen to have a
number of laptops that have died in various ways.  Laptops make ideal
clients as they're normally silent, have a built-in LCD panel, use little
power, and have great power management.

Cheers,
Andy
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