Why the media centre PC is destined for the home office

By Asher Moses on 28 March 2006

The forthcoming update to Intel's Viiv will see the media centre PC move from the living room to the home office.

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Comments (44)

  • SA commented on 29/03/2006 02:09 Report abuse

    Ummm... you are describing Front Row (with Bonjour) + Airport Express (the next gen). Obviously, the market will go where Apple dictates not where Microsoft wants it to go.

  • MANI commented on 29/03/2006 01:43 Report abuse

    Um, is this a press release or what? Viiv brings NOTHING we didn't already have in 1999.

  • stephan commented on 29/03/2006 01:38 Report abuse

    The article states, "Such multi-tasking makes dual-core processors a necessity, which explains why Intel requires all vendors of Viiv machines to adopt a dual-core processor before gaining certification."

    3.0GHz with a 800MHz bus provides a lot of power. Please explain why dual-core is so important.

  • John Smith commented on 29/03/2006 01:08 Report abuse

    Everyone doesn't have this now?
    Why not just use a capture card to record to your TB drive as a TiVo, and share that drive wirelessly to all the PC's around the house that are next to TV. Who gives a flip about processor power? That's stupid. Its all about wireless bandwidth and DRIVE speed. I'd have to have 5 machines streaming from my multimedia server to choke the drive, also 5 to choke the wireless, but about 10 to choke the processor. The write has no imagination. I know I'm not the only one who has this setup already.

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