Would you recommend Windows XP Media Center Edition?

I have a home-built PC with a TV card, nice sound card, nice video card, dual monitors, 6 speakers. I watch TV and listen to internet radio on it, as well as surfing the net. I also do things like PhotoShop, Microsoft Office applications, etc. on it. I currently have XP SP2.

Can I use XP MCE? Would I want to?

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You'll have to check your PC's components for compatibility with MCE. For example, MCE compatible tuners have hardware decoders on them to reduce the load on the CPU. See link.

I find the TV function of MCE to be the best of it's features. The TV guide is excellent and MCE is very easy to use as a DVR.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...

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I'm currently running XP MCE on my laptop and really the only difference is a media icon that could be beneficial for alot of the activity that you use on your computer.
i do pretty much the same thing on my computer. i have a media center edition and it is GREAT