New Windows Xp for multimedia???

~~David~~ · Jul 17, 2002, 12:45 PM

Multimedia Windows XP coming..........

SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- Forget the keyboard and the mouse, what the newest edition of Windows XP really needs is a common household gadget -- the remote control.

Microsoft Corp. announced an addition to its flagship Windows XP series of operating systems on Tuesday, Windows XP Media Center, which aims to transform desktop computers into remote-controlled digital entertainment hubs.

The world's biggest software maker said the new entertainment-friendly edition of Windows XP will debut in stores in the United States, Canada and South Korea in time for this year's U.S. holiday season, which typically begins late November, and be packaged together with personal computers specially designed to deliver its key media features

Read the full story HERE

Raider1 · Jul 17, 2002, 12:57 PM

Sweet sing me up ,

DallasStar · Jul 17, 2002, 09:18 PM

Here is an old thread that may be of interest to those that are interested in this current thread: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/thread.php?id=2656

Zarathustra · Jul 18, 2002, 07:55 AM

Yeah I was about to point you guys to my thread about "Freestyle". It's already rather polished, so I wouldn't doubt this thing to go Gold in a short time.

Raider1 · Jul 18, 2002, 11:27 AM

Why don't sound cards just have IR ports it would make the whole watching a movie or listing to music from another room better.

Jul 17, 2002, 12:45 PM	#1
~~David~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Atlanta Posts: 959 Rep Power: 0	New Windows Xp for multimedia??? Multimedia Windows XP coming.......... SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- Forget the keyboard and the mouse, what the newest edition of Windows XP really needs is a common household gadget -- the remote control. Microsoft Corp. announced an addition to its flagship Windows XP series of operating systems on Tuesday, Windows XP Media Center, which aims to transform desktop computers into remote-controlled digital entertainment hubs. The world's biggest software maker said the new entertainment-friendly edition of Windows XP will debut in stores in the United States, Canada and South Korea in time for this year's U.S. holiday season, which typically begins late November, and be packaged together with personal computers specially designed to deliver its key media features Read the full story HERE

Jul 17, 2002, 12:57 PM	#2
Raider1 There is always next year Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 601 Rep Power: 0	Sweet sing me up , __________________ The Autumn Wind is a pirate. Blustering in from sea With a rollicking song he sweeps along swaggering boisterously. His face is weather beaten. He wears a hooded sash. With his silver hat about his head And a bristly black moustache. He growls as he storms the country. A villain big and bold. And the trees all shake and quiver and quake. As he robs them of their gold. The Autumn wind is a Raider. Pillaging just for fun. He'll knock you 'round and upside down. And laugh when he's conquered and won. My Rig

Jul 17, 2002, 09:18 PM	#3
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	Here is an old thread that may be of interest to those that are interested in this current thread: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/thread.php?id=2656 __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Jul 18, 2002, 11:27 AM	#5
Raider1 There is always next year Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 601 Rep Power: 0	Why don't sound cards just have IR ports it would make the whole watching a movie or listing to music from another room better. __________________ The Autumn Wind is a pirate. Blustering in from sea With a rollicking song he sweeps along swaggering boisterously. His face is weather beaten. He wears a hooded sash. With his silver hat about his head And a bristly black moustache. He growls as he storms the country. A villain big and bold. And the trees all shake and quiver and quake. As he robs them of their gold. The Autumn wind is a Raider. Pillaging just for fun. He'll knock you 'round and upside down. And laugh when he's conquered and won. My Rig

Jul 18, 2002, 07:55 AM	#4
Zarathustra Elite Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Confederacy Posts: 841 Rep Power: 0	Yeah I was about to point you guys to my thread about "Freestyle". It's already rather polished, so I wouldn't doubt this thing to go Gold in a short time.