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The things I read about this board have been very positive.
What was wrong with it's predecessor and what exactly was the problem in MP?

So what are you advising? stay away?
It is a new chipset so there is a good chance that they fixed what was wrong with the last one?

thanks for the tip on the proc! but I see many of the htpc with much lower specs. Should I grab one of those other 65w ones?

Someone just told me that I'd need to install vista to take advantage of the playback hardware acceleration provided by the mainboard......true?

So if I were to install winxp maybe I should reconsider and perhaps buy something else with a separate gfxcard?