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Not moving to W7 is a bad idea in any case.I think he means it's good for him (since he doesn't plan to move to W7/MPII) that there will still be a dedicated team for MPI...
Even MP1 highly benefits from W7.
Not moving to W7 is a bad idea in any case.I think he means it's good for him (since he doesn't plan to move to W7/MPII) that there will still be a dedicated team for MPI...
Not moving to W7 is a bad idea in any case.I think he means it's good for him (since he doesn't plan to move to W7/MPII) that there will still be a dedicated team for MPI...
Even MP1 highly benefits from W7.
Compared to Vista, I agree,Not moving to W7 is a bad idea in any case.I think he means it's good for him (since he doesn't plan to move to W7/MPII) that there will still be a dedicated team for MPI...
Even MP1 highly benefits from W7.
True but for some it might be too expensive to buy a W7 licence just to get a few advantages and a shinier os on their htpc.
Compared to Vista, I agree,Not moving to W7 is a bad idea in any case.
Even MP1 highly benefits from W7.
True but for some it might be too expensive to buy a W7 licence just to get a few advantages and a shinier os on their htpc.
Compared to WindowsXp, i do not agree.
Using WinXP (especially) on a HTPC is plain pointless now. :sorry:
There is not "one killer feature", and it is nonesense to lookout only for such when searching for a new software.What great advantage has a W7 installation (especially if MP is running in the foreground anyways) over a XP installation on a singleseat htpc? Everything will work the same or are their any features in MPI that cannot be used with XP?
- faster network shares: I never had problems with nfs speed with XP (GB Lan)
- codecs and stuff: I had just the same amount of ***** when setting up my W7 codecs.
Don't get me wrong, I like W7 (I have it installed on all my systems by now) and I'd gladly change my mine if there was some killer feature of W7 that I missed so far but after more than a year of W7 I haven't found it.
For the record - I did not pay for this reply either.Just my 2c anyway (and no, I don't work for or get paid by M$)
The good old "Never change a runing system" rule still applies. And I do not try to say that you have to break yours just for the sake of using w7.You make good points i-loop but for me MediaPortal behaved just as well under XP as it does under W7 (be it hacks or not, they worked). I'm not saying for some users it may solve problems that existed in XP but if someone has a fully working solution under XP (like I had) I'd say it's hardly worth spending €100 just to get W7 on a htpc that won't even benefit from the new features because MPI is running all day which has the same features on W7/XP. I got my copies for free (legally, not what you think ) so I'm not complaining here but I would have never updated otherwise.