Re: OS? Home, Media or Pro? (was Re: Mobius on an Intel Mac (and more questions))

["Stephen Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>]

I'd use XP Pro, bub.  Media Center is what you'd put on a machine that was 
part of your home entertainment system, and thus recording or playing 
media 
files, feeds, or discs on what I suspect is mostly a consumer level.  
We're 
using XP Pro here and haven't really had too much trouble, even less since 
upgrading the machines we use here:

AMD Athlon XP 2700+ (with a 1MB L2 cache)
2GB DDR400 RAM
Western Digital WD2500 SATAII (250GB)
MSI K8N Diamond mobo, with as-yet-undelivered Bluetooth module
Sapphire Radeon X800 GTO FireBlade (PCI-E 256MB) graphics card
CoolerMaster Centurion 534 case
CoolerMaster 'Real Power' 450W power supply

Cooling is done relatively quietly with a combination of fans: the PS has 
its own low-noise fan, there are two in the front lower bay of the case, 
the 
graphics card has a nice fan that sends it out the back of the machine, 
the 
chipset has its own fan, and I put a Gigabyte 3D Cooler module on top of 
the 
CPU.  I'm surprised it's as quiet as it is but the highest temperature 
that 
occurs anywhere in the box is 47C/124F.

The MSI motherboard has Creative's 24-bit SBLive onboard, and its 
operation 
so far has been flawless.  And there are two LiteOn DVD-RW drives, one 
with 
the LightScribe stuff (an interesting perk).  I initially got a pair of 
Mitsumi multi-media/floppy drives but they were faulty... and so I'm now 
searching for an external USB device to serve this purpose.  And of course 
right after I'd finished the machines and wanted to plug in all my 
equipment 
and wham away, I proceeded to crush the end of my left middle finger 
between 
a pair of heavy flagstones, which of course split it open like a crushed 
grape.  Luckily I escaped a direct-center impact, which would have 
eliminated the end of my main guitar finger, Jerry Garcia style - but it's 
going to be another couple of weeks before I dare to play again.

As a result I don't think I've been so on fire to play since the brief 
period at college without my guitar...!  I've decided this is a good 
thing, 
kind of.  But I digress.

XP Pro!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark sottilaro" <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, 18 May, 2006 17:45 PM
Subject: OS? Home, Media or Pro? (was Re: Mobius on an Intel Mac (and more 
questions))


> Here's yet another question...
>
> Windows XP Home, Media Center or Pro?  There's quite a
> bit of price difference but I wonder if it will effect
> me in any way.
>
> Mark
>
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