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Hi. I've been happily using XP Pro since its release and love it. I'm
buying a new desktop, however, and the system that I've got my eye on comes
preloaded with XP Media Center edition. Looking through the information on
Microsoft's site and elsewhere, I'm still a little confused about what the
Media Center edition is and so I have two questions.
1. Let's hypothetically assume that I won't use ANY of the added
functionality that Media Center edition offers. Will I still have all of the
same capabilities as I have on XP Professional? Can I make the interface/OS
GUI look just like it does on all my other computers -- i.e. with a
traditional 'desktop', etc.?
2. If I can't, and if this Media Center edition is radically different from
XP Pro, is there any reason to believe that I couldn't just reformat the hard
drives and install XP Pro on it? I don't want there to be any "remnants" of
Media Center or problems with drivers, etc. (From the OS. I know that XP
has nothing to do with the hardware I'm running it on.)
Thanks for your time. I look forward to any advice or guidance you could
offer.
~ Ryan
buying a new desktop, however, and the system that I've got my eye on comes
preloaded with XP Media Center edition. Looking through the information on
Microsoft's site and elsewhere, I'm still a little confused about what the
Media Center edition is and so I have two questions.
1. Let's hypothetically assume that I won't use ANY of the added
functionality that Media Center edition offers. Will I still have all of the
same capabilities as I have on XP Professional? Can I make the interface/OS
GUI look just like it does on all my other computers -- i.e. with a
traditional 'desktop', etc.?
2. If I can't, and if this Media Center edition is radically different from
XP Pro, is there any reason to believe that I couldn't just reformat the hard
drives and install XP Pro on it? I don't want there to be any "remnants" of
Media Center or problems with drivers, etc. (From the OS. I know that XP
has nothing to do with the hardware I'm running it on.)
Thanks for your time. I look forward to any advice or guidance you could
offer.
~ Ryan