RE: Alternative to MCE?

["Steve Morgan" <smorgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, so, yeah my main machine is something of a brute. But then, it's a
current high-end desktop. I'd have bought the same spec if I was intending
running XP on it (it came as an XP machine, of course).

But you failed to comment on the bottom-of-the-range Inspiron 1300 which
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IIRC, a 1.6GHz Pentium M. It's got 1GB of RAM but then I've not run less
than that in any machine I've had in the last three years.

And it's used as a general purpose machine, not just a media centre.

Now, I'm not denying that Vista has higher resource requirements than a
'legacy' OS (sorry, couldn't resist ;-) ) but the idea that you have to
hav=
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a top-drawer machine to run Vista Media Center is simply typical MS-bashing
and is quite unfounded.

In the true spirit of UKHA, you should embrace the new opportunities that
Vista affords and use it as an excuse to buy a new machine!

Steve
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
> On Behalf Of LeeUKHA
> Sent: 29 January 2007 20:40
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Alternative to MCE?
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> I think you just broke your argument there...
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> "It's been running nicely on a Dual Core with 4GB of
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> Right then, I'll just chuck my year old MythTV box in the bin=20
> and spend a grand on a new one with Vista????
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> weedy 1.8GHz single core with 512MB of RAM.
> It still manages to record three shows at once, watch a=20
> recorded one, and stream another to a PC upstairs...
> While having a fairly high WAF score...
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> =A3200 for Vista, err, no thanks....
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> > Ooh, that's a balanced article, eh?=20
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> > I've been running Vista on two machines since November; a
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> > dual-core Dell Precision 9200 with 4GB RAM and a=20
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> > Dell Inspiron 1300 laptop with 1GB RAM.
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> > The Vista experience on them is great, Media Center=20
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> > I've not got TV cards in either of them). Can't recommend=20
> it highly enough.
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> > Driver support is better than it was when XP was launched, IMO.
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> > Lots of people whinge about UAC. They tend to be the ones who
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> > that it's a good idea to do everything with administrative=20
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> > I find UAC to be one of the best features.
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> > I'd suggest upping the RAM to 1 or 2GB and adding a pen drive
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> > Then, enjoy. I don't think you'll find better.
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> > Steve
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