Comment Re:Windows Media Center (Score 1) 536
The Windows Media Center in Windows 7 blows Vista's out of the water for me. I currently have a PC connected to the TV with Vista on it, and refuse to use the media center. Instead, I stream media center to our Xbox from my Windows 7 machine to have access to much more content, including netflix. The only thing I haven't tried yet is to watch a blu-ray through it, but I have a PS3 for those and don't mind switching over to watch them.
Vista's MC doesn't have access to as much content as the MC in Windows 7. There's actually full TV shows available now, instead of the clips that Vista gives you. If possible, I'd get a copy of 7 and put it on a machine. The RC of 7 I'm running on our HTPC is on some fairly mediocre hardware: Intel 2.8 Dual Pentium, Gigabyte board with Intel HD4000 integrated graphics, and 2 GB of RAM. I think the whole system cost me $200 to build using an old case and power supply and a couple of small harddrives I had lying around.