Media Center Edition vs. XP Pro

[Guest]

Is the Media center edition the equivalent of the Home Edition with media
enhancements or the Pro edition with media enhancements. Can you upgrade
from Media edition 2002 to XP PRo?

 

[Mike Williams]

Is the Media center edition the equivalent of the Home Edition with media
enhancements or the Pro edition with media enhancements. Can you upgrade
from Media edition 2002 to XP PRo?

It's a superset of Pro (modulo some issues with user domains). It also
has its own newsgroup(s).

 

[Alias]

Is the Media center edition the equivalent of the Home Edition with media
enhancements or the Pro edition with media enhancements. Can you upgrade
from Media edition 2002 to XP PRo?

It's Pro.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Is the Media center edition the equivalent of the Home Edition with media
enhancements or the Pro edition with media enhancements. Can you upgrade
from Media edition 2002 to XP PRo?

Transitioning from WinXP MCE to WinXP Pro is actually a _downgrade_.

WinXP Media Center Edition is a _superset_ (iow, it does
_everything_ WinXP Pro can do (except join a domain), plus contains
additional multi-media features) of WinXP Pro.

Windows XP Media Center Edition Home
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ehome/default.asp



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[Steve N.]

Transitioning from WinXP MCE to WinXP Pro is actually a _downgrade_.

WinXP Media Center Edition is a _superset_ (iow, it does
_everything_ WinXP Pro can do (except join a domain), plus contains
additional multi-media features) of WinXP Pro.

Windows XP Media Center Edition Home
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ehome/default.asp

I've always wondered why if MCE is a "superset" of Pro then why were
some network capabilities omitted? It seems to me that is more of a
superset of Home in this regard, but never having used it I just wonder.

Steve N.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Is the Media center edition the equivalent of the Home Edition with
media enhancements or the Pro edition with media enhancements.

It's Professional with media enhancements. It has everything in Professional
except for the ability to join a domain.

Can you upgrade from Media edition 2002 to XP PRo?

No. That would be a downgrade and downgrades are not supported.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I've always wondered why if MCE is a "superset" of Pro then why were
some network capabilities omitted? It seems to me that is more of a
superset of Home in this regard, but never having used it I just
wonder.

The only network capability that's omitted is the ability to join a domain.
I'm not sure why they omitted it either, but my guess is that they didn't
think a domain environment would be likely to use the media features.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I've always wondered why if MCE is a "superset" of Pro then why were
some network capabilities omitted? It seems to me that is more of a
superset of Home in this regard, but never having used it I just wonder.

The original release of WinXP MCE was a true "superset" of WinXP Pro;
it could even join a domain. This capability has been stripped only
from the newest versions of MCE. And otherwise, MCE retains WinXP Pro's
capabilities, such as its more granular security controls.

But your point is well taken. There's really very little place for
such extensive multi-media capabilities in the business world for which
WinXP Pro is intended, while there would be in the home consumer market.


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for me, give me liberty, or give me death! -Patrick Henry