grelmar - 7:52 am on Mar 23, 2006 (gmt 0)

Could you explain what Windows is better suited for? I am curious. Thanks...

Sorry, I kinda mis-spoke.

The OS itself isn't particularly better suited to anything. The vast mass of software available for it makes it a convenient environment to work in.

As for the Media Center PCs:

I've played around a bit on a couple, and they are pretty nice. Even if they are DRMed up the wazoo. HP is trying to push their Media Center PCs, but the hardware that goes into them (higher end GFX and Sound Cards, etc), make them significantly more expensive than an average PC.

And when you can take a standard XP machine, add in some open source and/or freeware to accomplish everything a media center PC does, why go to all that extra expense, as a consumer? The main market for these things is power users, who can build their own machines and hack in all the extras for a lot less money.