Windows Media Center 2005 - Inspiron 9300

Hi,
Is the version of Media Center 2005 that you can purchase when buying the computer
(Inspiron 9300) the same as the one from Microsoft? If you already have Windows Media Center 2005,
do you still need to buy this one for the Inspiron 9300 or will that one work with this?

Thanks...

 

Probably its the same one... Dell wouldn't have made their own version of it.

 

it's windows xp pro with a final installation at the end of the install ( about 20 minutes ! ) that puts in the media center option.


Dell 9300 * 2.0ghz sonoma * 1gig ram * 256mg nvidia wuxga * xp media center * dvd dual layer * 80gig 5400 * bluetooth * wireless a/b/g *

 

if it's XP Pro, why then is it a $39 option and Pro is $79... and they are mutually exclusive - the way Dell is sellin' it?

don't think it's XP Pro...

Really would like Media Center AND XP Pro... (Dell media experience sux - it's a bastardized version of Media Center...) but would never own a home version of Windows... never have understood why ppl buy 'em...

standin' on the shoulders of others makes all of us taller...

 

pretty sure media center ed. is more expensive than xp pro.


I think what you did was you clicked on XP pro as an add-inoption, and thena fter you updated your cart, you looked at the OS list and noticed that Media Center Ed. has 39$ next to it, this means that it is 39$ more expensive than xp pro.

this is what happened when i bought my laptop

 

nope lookin' at Op Sys options for 9300... home free, media center $39, xp pro $79...

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=i9300S1&s=dhs



standin' on the shoulders of others makes all of us taller...

 

I've heard different ppl saying differently on MCE thou -- some say that it's based on XP Pro, while some say that it's based on XP Home.

After playing w/ it for a while -- it DOES seem that Domain features were missing from MCE, which means that MCE is based on XP Home.

The pricing structure sorta affirms this as well -- why would companies sell MCE *cheaper* than XP Pro, if XP Pro was merely a subset of MCE? The features that made XP Pro different from XP Home -- mainly the domain management and some additional networking features -- were not present in MCE.

cheers,

yass

 

Turns out that media center edition is based on xp pro. It seems to be a cheap way to get pro I have the media center and from what little looking I have done it does appear to be pro. I also checked on the MSDN distribution and it appears to be pro there too. It is definately not home.

I9300 2.0ghz 1.0gb ram 100gb disk 256MB NVIDIA 6800 dvd rw UXGA Bluetooth Intel WiFi Media Center

 

Yes you can do domains on XP MCE. In fact, when you go through the installation, the blue screen reads: xp professional
The only thing missing is the group administration I believe.
But you can network with it and use it just like xp pro - believe me i used it on my home network - run Samba domain with Linux....

Dell 9300 * 2.0ghz sonoma * 1gig ram * 256mg nvidia wuxga * xp media center * dvd dual layer * 80gig 5400 * bluetooth * wireless a/b/g *

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by JustJimDelany

 

Here is a dump of my winmsd for my XP Media Center Edition:

System Information report written at: 04/20/05 20:08:22
System Name: XXXX
[System Summary]

Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

Dell 9300 * 2.0ghz sonoma * 1gig ram * 256mg nvidia wuxga * xp media center * dvd dual layer * 80gig 5400 * bluetooth * wireless a/b/g *