[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 12/8/2006 5:05:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Marnie, > I am using a new Compaq with the AMD 64 chip, 1 gig ram, and a 250 gig HD. I > use Elements 4 now but Elements 5 is wrapped under the tree :-) > The computer had XP Media Edition but I switched to XP Pro. BIG DIFFERENCE. > Stay away from Media Edition. Too much crap always running in the background > and it takes a computer guru to disable it readily. > Most of my friends who are into computer say the AMD technology is currently > on top of the heap. That all seems to swap around over time. > > Walt > =========== > Thanks. I was wondering about Media Edition. I program and I need XP Pro for > that. Supposedly Media Edition is a subset of XP Pro, but I haven't been so > sure. > > Marnie >
MCE is probably closer to Home, although it has some pro features that home doesn't. The big difference is in the media playback setup, MCE is designed to be very usable when displayed on a TV. It also requires certain hardware MPEG-2 decoding capabilities. I'm picking up a laptop with MCE myself next week (Damn, it was my K10D budget too). -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
