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Re: Too limited
»forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=192355 There is a guide to get it to work. You may also want to try Windows Vista Home Premium (get it OEM), but I am not sure if that would work. Look around the web an you should be able to find out. |
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RideRed
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| said by Googler  :» forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=192355 There is a guide to get it to work. You may also want to try Windows Vista Home Premium (get it OEM), but I am not sure if that would work. Look around the web an you should be able to find out. There are a number of problems with Vista on a Mini the least of which is drivers. If you have a recent mini there is no reason to run a Win Media Center. Late minis have Front Row.
If MCE is what you want, you're better off buying a crap box Dell refurb and running MCE on that.
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fcisler
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| I didn't say i wanted vista, i said i wanted MCE. I don't want vista at all - at least not for now.
So I don't need media center, then? Front row will show me a TV schedule....let me pick what i want to record, and record it for me? Really....cause i'm sure that's a shocker to alot of people.
There are PLENTY of reasons to run media center - maybe not for you, but for me there are.
Again, i specifically said something that will also let me RECORD - not just play. Front Row is fine for playing, and there's a good chance that's what i will be using 75% of the time - i do want MCE, though, to see how well the mini does as a DVR/recorder. |
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RideRed
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1 edit | said by fcisler :I didn't say i wanted vista, i said i wanted MCE. I don't want vista at all - at least not for now. So I don't need media center, then? Front row will show me a TV schedule....let me pick what i want to record, and record it for me? Really....cause i'm sure that's a shocker to alot of people. There are PLENTY of reasons to run media center - maybe not for you, but for me there are. Again, i specifically said something that will also let me RECORD - not just play. Front Row is fine for playing, and there's a good chance that's what i will be using 75% of the time - i do want MCE, though, to see how well the mini does as a DVR/recorder. MCE on a Mini won't record either. What are you going to record from? What USB TV tuner are you planning on using with a Mini running MCE?
I've always had frustration with MCE as a DVR, not because it doesn't work, but because so much programming requires a stand alone box and MCE's IR blasters. Then it's a question of will MCE's IR blaster drivers work with the Mini and will a USB TV tuner/capture board work with the mini.
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fcisler
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Riverhead, NY | The drivers i have for MCE for my TV tuner card won't work under MCE? I'm not running under emulation, so why would the drivers not work? |
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RideRed
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fcisler
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Same as the IR receiver/blinker |
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RideRed
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