eagle wrote:....but you any experience creating Media with a MCE XP or Vista.......32 or 64bit?
Please explain to me how MCE is intended for creating media. I sure would like to know as I use an MCE box every day and for the most part (besides TV recordings which need to be converted to wmv) I don't see how MCE has a true purpose as a platform for creating media. And even TV recording can easily be done without the use MCE.
Also MCE is being shipped on laptops and desktops alike for economical reasons. It's simply cheaper on the OEMs to ship MCE over XP Pro. (Most home users don't require the functionality that is removed from XP Pro within MCE... like joining domains... which as W3bbo pointed out can still be done)
XP MCE 2005 SP2B : $109.99 -- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832116049
XP Pro SP2: $139.99 -- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832116059
pretty much basic economics if you ask me. and most users think they are getting more (which many of them are).
