What are you running?

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cool-wi...-alternatives/

I've been messing with MediaPortal for a couple of years now. I like it - especially all of the skin choices you can download for it.

Originally Posted by Trip

MCE is beyond SP1, I will just get a copy of the current build.

Good luck. I haven't seen it on our MSDN downloads in some time now.

[Bluestreak]

Laptop - Windows 7 RC x64
Desktop - Vista Ultimate
Home - XP Sp3

No issues with Vista once I sorted out the drivers.
Love windows 7. Started with Beta 1 and it has been flawless on a corporate network.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cool-wi...-alternatives/

I actually use GB-PVR with my hauppauge cards and TVersity already.

[Digifox]

Originally Posted by Trip

MCE is beyond SP1, I will just get a copy of the current build.

Shhh...I heard from a little birdy that there are two System files that need to be ~removed~ after Sp3(or the windows Genuine thingy is installed)

[EpyonXero]

Desktop - Mac OS X
Laptop - Vista Home Premium

Been using vista for a year with no problems, I like it better than XP. I'm also surprised more people aren't using Windows 7, I hear it's pretty good.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by EpyonXero

Desktop - Mac OS X
Laptop - Vista Home Premium

Been using vista for a year with no problems, I like it better than XP. I'm also surprised more people aren't using Windows 7, I hear it's pretty good.

Windows 7 is noticeably faster in operation than Vista, on the same hardware. There are little things that they did, that improve performance. Actually I should probably have said don't degrade performance as much.

For example when you look at the start button in Vista, the upper arc of the button intrudes into the desktop area and any active window. To render this arc takes a not insignificant amount of processing time, when compared to a straight line like the one in WinXP. In Windows 7 the round start button is fully contained within the taskbar, rather than protruding above it, so that processing time is not a factor.

A lot of little things like that add up to better performance.

[Bluestreak]

Originally Posted by Trip

I think I am going to "get" a copy of XP MCE, everyone seems to like that better than vista from what I have read and the people I talked to for an older comp.

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

Good luck. I haven't seen it on our MSDN downloads in some time now.

I have it available via technet.

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by Bluestreak

I have it available via technet.

WTF? I need to talk to our MS contacts.