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Other consumer adjustments
People purchasing a Media Center PC for their living room will have to make some major adjustments.

Up to now, comsumers have not had to think about the devices in their entertainment center, and they certainly have not had to maintain them. Televisions, cable boxes, vcrs, Tivos, etc. just work.

Once you add a Windows Media Center PC you have another "feeble family member" that you will have to take care of. Why, because it is Windows powered, and MS Windows is years away from being a stable, secure, operating system. So it will require patching, antivirus, and everything else that your current XP machine requires. And I wouldn't be surprised to hear that there is probably a whole team of people working on spyware for Media Center. Popups over the evening news should be a big hit.

I can hear it now, "Sorry you missed the Super Bowl because the latest Internet worm ate your Windows box, Charlie." "Want to come over to my house and watch it next weekend, I Tivoed it for you?"
Posted by: alterego_z   Posted on: 10/15/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Other consumer adjustments  alterego_z | 10/15/04
Our wonderful Gov  Joe Blow_z | 10/15/04
Re: Our wonderful Gov  alterego_z | 10/15/04
Sure Blow Mo  Jeff Spicoli | 10/15/04
Don't change the box  jfp | 10/15/04
Already being done...  Patrick Jones | 10/15/04
re: don't change the box  JakAttak | 10/15/04
... and ensure failure  Fred Fredrickson | 10/17/04
It SUCKS so bad IKEA wouldn't even give it away!  Jeff Spicoli | 10/15/04
Jeff, feeling the need to rant uselessly today?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
You tell me Axy-poo..the point of YOUR post was?..  Jeff Spicoli | 10/15/04
Helping to meet your deep needs of course.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
bitty as usual  AmusedAtItAll | 10/16/04
Opps  michael-t | 10/15/04
And another wanna be basher is heard from.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Ohhh came on:  michael-t | 10/15/04
Nope, I just LOVE spanking the bashers.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
There's NOTHING To Spank, Microsoft SUCKS Plain And Simple  itanalyst | 10/15/04
Your being plain and simple isn't the problem.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
What I like  tic swayback | 10/15/04
BWAHAHAHAHA!!! Tic, that wuz CLASSIC!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 10/15/04
Another bitty admission  AmusedAtItAll | 10/16/04
can't think of anything good to say  V Sanders | 10/15/04
Sure, what do you want to hear?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
RE: pretty things  JakAttak | 10/15/04
Neither- It's a DRM infested, monopoly leveraging tool.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 10/15/04
No kidding - Get a Tivo instead  V Sanders | 10/15/04
Fake wood?Chrome?...  T25 | 10/15/04
What ever happened to  UncleBubba | 10/15/04
Huh, Microsoft never built anything like that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Sure they did  UncleBubba | 10/15/04
No, MS has no furniture manufacturing. sorry...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Read the Article No_Hacks  itanalyst | 10/15/04
Attention MS bashers...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
At attention M$ apologists!  Jeff Spicoli | 10/15/04
Let me help you Jeff, you seem to need it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Tivo uses Linux  V Sanders | 10/15/04
Tivo, an expensive monthly dog to feed.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
haha - it cost more to buy media tv then a lifetime membership  V Sanders | 10/17/04
Don't fool yourself  DarthRidiculous | 10/18/04
Once again, putting words in peoples' mouths  Jeff Spicoli | 10/15/04
All hail the all knowing Jeff.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
I'll Listen To Jeff Before I Listen To Your Garbage  itanalyst | 10/15/04
Of course you would, fools of a feather....  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
so why does ms need restrictive OEM licenses?  V Sanders | 10/17/04
We know that, bitty`  AmusedAtItAll | 10/16/04
So, this explains you, bitty  AmusedAtItAll | 10/16/04
Attention MS-Suckups  itanalyst | 10/15/04
Which LEGAL player does it use?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Maybe If You Learned To Read  itanalyst | 10/15/04
And it plays encrypted files how?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Do Some Research Like The Rest Of Us....  itanalyst | 10/15/04
Keep yur eys on th eball.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
He's right you know  voska | 10/15/04
Do Get Everybody Frothed Now No Ax  ParadigmOdyssey | 10/15/04
re : Which LEGAL player does it use?  V Sanders | 10/17/04
Tivo  V Sanders | 10/15/04
TV, an untrainable dog that is expensive to feed.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Are you suggesting  AmusedAtItAll | 10/16/04
That's a hoot..  Patrick Jones | 10/15/04
So far, a MILLION people have said yes.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
And you got your data where?  Patrick Jones | 10/15/04
I read, how about you?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Over a million Linux users  V Sanders | 10/17/04
Yes..  Patrick Jones | 10/18/04
Millions of users  tic swayback | 10/15/04
over a million Tivo's sold  V Sanders | 10/17/04
Hit the nail right on the head  voska | 10/15/04
And then  michael-t | 10/15/04
Don't see it  j.m.galvin | 10/15/04
MS will fail in this market because they don't understand it  tic swayback | 10/15/04
Wrong  voska | 10/15/04
Show us your real identity  DarthRidiculous | 10/18/04
Like, is that an ugly lamp or just a lamp shaped computer  FilledOut | 10/15/04
Funny How When Microsloth Posts Articles Like This, No_Ax Is All Over It  itanalyst | 10/15/04
you can tell no-ax is trying to sell us on a ms world  V Sanders | 10/15/04
Laugh at your own jokes now?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
No, We Just Come In Here To Laugh At You  itanalyst | 10/15/04
Does not seem that way to me  AmusedAtItAll | 10/16/04
And funny how you show up to bash daily.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Yes, And You Show Up Spouting Your Illogical MS Trash Every Day  itanalyst | 10/15/04
the ms propoganda machine is wearing thin  V Sanders | 10/17/04
I'm Not Going To Have The Embarassment Of A Crappy PC Crashing During Movie  itanalyst | 10/15/04
Man, you must have NO SKILL with PCs at all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Do You Shut Your PC Down Every Night Or Leave It Running?  itanalyst | 10/15/04
I leave it running. Never had a crash. Not one.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
You're A Liar No_Ax..plain and simple  itanalyst | 10/15/04
PULEASE, don't judge me or others by your limitations.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
i thought windows computers were supposed to be easy to use  hipparchus2000 | 10/15/04
Easy enough, unless you're running another OS  FilledOut | 10/17/04
i'll tell my mother off next time she gets a virus  hipparchus2000 | 10/17/04
What is your running uptime?  B.O.F.H. | 10/16/04
Nothing to do with training  voska | 10/18/04
Oh, and I Hate To Break It To Your Sorry Ego  itanalyst | 10/15/04
Ummm, it's you that can't run your WinXP box.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
No, It's That XP Sucks and You Know It  itanalyst | 10/15/04
Again, you assume because your limited, everyone is.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Reminds of arguing with a developer  voska | 10/18/04
well if it's that hard, we ought to to go use macs  hipparchus2000 | 10/15/04
How about a screenshot  AmusedAtItAll | 10/16/04
Job offer for No Ax  tic swayback | 10/15/04
That would change  AmusedAtItAll | 10/16/04
Sony Standalone DVD Player Coming Out Next Month  itanalyst | 10/15/04
OK No_Ax, Let's Talk Microsloth Security And Stability  itanalyst | 10/15/04
Sorry, not on topic.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
LOL You're Pathetic.....  itanalyst | 10/15/04
I know you are, but what am I?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
The phrase flaming a$$hole comes to mind  kribor_z | 10/15/04
That's easy  AmusedAtItAll | 10/16/04
Probably a snot nose  DarthRidiculous | 10/18/04
It most certainly is  DarthRidiculous | 10/18/04
1958 just called ...  Len Rooney | 10/15/04
is it going to have a noisy xbox cpu fan in it?  hipparchus2000 | 10/15/04
Until 32"" LCDs are affordable below 1000$  ParadigmOdyssey | 10/15/04
Many can't even set their VCR clocks  DarthRidiculous | 10/18/04

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