Written By : Ulukai
October 2004

Media Center:::…

Media Center looks to be a shell around the desktop or a desktop replacement and it gathers all the Windows components together.
It shows you online content, TV, Radio, your pictures, your music and your videos using common Windows components such as Media player etc.

Here are the menu items shown.
Since I didn't have an internet connection in this virtual machine.

Conclusion:::…

Windows Media Center Edition 2005 gathers all the Windows multimedia functionality in one center.
It doesn't really add anything new, just extends Windows with a set of HTML applications to use Windows multimedia programs.
You could wonder if you can turn your Windows into this MCE edition, I think someone bright out there could do it.
I don't think it would be legal, as it's listed as a new Windows version.
Basically each PC that has a tuner and/or radio card built-in is in fact a Media Center itself.
This is useful for the all-in-one home entertainment systems that are popping up in stores everywhere. I wonder though how those machines hold up on the internet, using only Windows' firewall option to protect them.

All in all it's targeted to be a complete package for entertainment systems and does just that. It gives you a user friendly interface to perform each task easy and with much hassle. (When setup properly)