Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Due In August?
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "SOFTWARE" @ 07:00 PM
"Microsoft have been steadily testing an update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. The update which will RTM in August is expected to include support for the upcoming Xbox 360 and the following: Native digital cable, Content Protection, Improve burning (DRM, network, Hi-def, DVD-RAM), MCX on WinCE clients (Babylon, TV2 as stretch goal), Playback reliability, Running 3rd party apps out of proc, Address top usability issues, Platform Security, and Additional languages and locales. The update is currently being beta tested and is at Beta 2 stage. A release candidate 0 is expected to be released late July with an RTM following on August 12th for English, French, German, Korean and Japanese versions. Dutch, Italian and Simplified Chinese versions are expected to follow 2 weeks later."
Looks like you MCE users will be seeing an update in the next few months. Of course, not surprising with the upcoming integration with Xbox 360.
Looks like you MCE users will be seeing an update in the next few months. Of course, not surprising with the upcoming integration with Xbox 360.
