Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is an operating system that enables you to enjoy the best in home entertainment, personal productivity, and creativity on your home PC in an easy, complete, and connected way. With Media Center Edition 2005, you can store, share, and enjoy all of your photos, all of your music, all of your home video, and even recorded TV in one sleek and easy to use place.

Computers powered by Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 are called Media Center PCs. They are complete Windows XP-based PCs enhanced for home entertainment. These computers represent the evolution of home PCs into digital media hubs that bring together your entertainment choices and allow you to access them with one remote control.

Features

• Sleek and polished, more personal design
  A clean new look for menus, taskbars, and a host of new themes and screensavers – including the cool new Goldfish Aquarium – add a personalized touch.
  The premium Windows user desktop designed specially for the Home with more personal computing in mind.
  
  
• Windows Media Player 10
  All of your entertainment choices are in one place: live and recorded TV, movies and videos, music, photos, radio, and on-demand entertainment.
  Access all of your entertainment experiences from one place, without the need for separate audio/video components.
   
• Windows Movie Maker 2.1 with DVD Burning
  Capture, personalize, and share home movies more easily with over 100 transitions and effects, titles, and credits, and built-in support for burning DVDs you can play in most home DVD players.1
  Easily create and share home movies with family and friends that you can send in e-mail for instant viewing, or preserve on CDs and DVDs.
  
  
• Built-in DVD and CD Burning in Media Center
  Easily share pictures and home movies, burn CD mixes, and back up recorded TV on DVD with built-in DVD burning. Even create your own video slideshows from photos and music, all from Windows Media Center.1
  A consistent, familiar way to burn DVDs and CDs for backup or sharing personal memories with family and friends that's simple enough that you can do it with a remote control.
  
  
• Enhanced Digital photography tools
  Use the Scanner and Camera Wizard to transfer digital photos from your camera to your computer. Perform basic edits, such as cropping, using Microsoft Photo Editor. The My Pictures folder in Windows XP offers a variety of options for viewing or managing your digital pictures. From within My Pictures, you can view photos at different sizes, rotate them, view a slide show, print photos, or copy photos to a CD.
  Helps you get the most from your digital memories by using tools that let you quickly transfer photos from your camera to your Media Center PC and navigate, view, print, edit, and centrally manage your photo collection from one place.
   
• Windows Digital Media Enhancements
  Includes a host of new or improved digital media features and tools including a CD/DVD Label Maker, Windows Party Mode for secure playback of music, Windows Dancers that move to your music on your desktop, and Audio Converter for saving space on your PC or portable music player.
  Have more fun and be more productive with your digital media and get popular features that offer more for everyone in the family.
   
• Improved Windows Gaming Experience
  DirectX 9 hardware support is a requirement for Media Center Edition 2005 PCs, improving your overall gaming experience.
  Helps you enjoy advanced graphics and gaming better than Windows-based PCs not designed to support the latest DirectX technology.
   
• All the Benefits of Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP SP2
  Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is the first consumer OS built on top of the Windows XP Home and Service Pack 2 (SP2) foundation with Advanced Security Technologies including Windows Firewall, Pop-up Blocker for Internet Explorer, and the new Windows Security Center, all while offering all of the features available today in Windows XP Home Edition.
  Choose from the widest range of software, hardware, and services all designed to work together more securely while helping to protect your PC against viruses, hackers, and worms.

Requirements

• Min Hard Drive Space: 1.5 GB
• Min Processor Type: Intel Pentium/Celeron, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron
• Min Processor Speed: 233 MHz (300 MHz recommended)
• Min RAM Size: 64 MB (128 MB required for certain features)
• Other Requirements: CD-ROM drive, 800x600 screen resolution with SVGA color, keyboard and mouse
• Advanced Feature Requirements: DVD Drive and Decoder, 8 MB of VRAM, video capture device and 400 MHz processor, Internet connection, speakers/microphone, network connection
  
  
  *Actual requirements will vary based on your system configuration and the applications and features you choose to install. Additional available hard-disk space may be required if you are installing over a network. For more infomation, please see www.microsoft.com/windowsmce