<P><A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/pressreleases/WindowsMediaCenterEdition2005.php"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><IMG style="WIDTH: 100px; HEIGHT: 100px" alt=[WindowsMCE2005a1] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/WindowsMCE2005a1_th.jpg" align=left border=0></FONT></A><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Prices for Media Center PCs begin at under $800 and average around $1,200 in the United States, with prices similar in other parts of the world. A full home-entertainment system that performs all of the same tasks as a Media Center PC and other related devices could cost twice as much. Just as important for consumers frustrated by home entertainment clutter, the Media Center PC performs the tasks of several components in a typical home entertainment system and, thanks to the Media Center Extenders, can be located outside of the living room without creating a maze of wires. Alternately, some of the newest models are designed to look - and rest horizontally - like traditional home entertainment equipment, such as stereos and VCRs - meaning that the PC can more easily blend into an entertainment center or living room for the first time.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Microsoft is apparently taking on this market full steam ahead, at leasyt according to their allocated R&D projects and scheduled software releases. </FONT><A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/pressreleases/WindowsMediaCenterEdition2005.php"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Read on</FONT></A><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> to see how the Microsoft machine is taking on the digital media lifestyle.</FONT></P>
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