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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1234670" data-attributes="member: 141969">I would suspect that there is no difference between horizontal and vertical, but I am not an expert in cooling technology! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?    o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" />Windows 7 includes the Windows Media Center application.  It is/was probably the most-used media center application of all time, but sadly it has been removed from Windows 10 and is no longer supported.  WMC does some things better than MP, but MP does other things better than WMC.  For me, the latter are more important than the former.  I like Windows XP too, and that is what I am using at the moment to write this post. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />For Linux there is the MythTV system.  I have never used it, but I think that it is a version of Linux that has been customised with all of the settings best suited for using it as a DVR.  It has its own DVR software.  If you have some time to experiment, it might be worthwhile setting up a partition with MythTV to see what it is like (set up a multiboot system).  MediaPortal cannot run on Linux due to the number of proprietary Windows services that MP uses (or something like that). <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />I have only used one HTPC system: my Dell XPS420 that uses an Intel Q6600.  So I cannot make any recommendations for alternative processors.  But [USER=83973]@Owlsroost[/USER] mentioned that he uses a Celeron processor without problem.  That is lower-spec than even an Intel i3. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />I agree with this.  I have two 5400rpm 2TB Western Digital Green drives in my HTPC, and they are virtually inaudible.  I capture TV to a 7200rpm 750GB Seagate drive, and that is audible (but is not overpowering).My understanding is that:(1) Windows 10 Enterprise edition allows an enterprise's IT department to switch off Windows 10 updates permanently, by altering a policy setting.  But that policy setting is not available for Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Professional.(2) For Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Professional, it is possible to delay some updates for a while, but eventually Micrsoft will force them to be downloaded and installed.Now possibly that situation has changed, as a result of criticism from users.  Regardless, on the Windows 10 laptop that I purchased last year (Sky Lake processor) I installed a spare Windows 7 and now dual boot both operating systems.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

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