"In a multicity press conference, Jim Allchin, group vice president of Microsoft's Platforms Group, said via a satellite broadcast that Windows XP Media Center 2004 provides 'experience computing,' where software, hardware and services are shaped around particular user experiences and tasks, such as downloading music, viewing digital photos and accessing online content. With Windows XP Media Center 2004, he said, consumers now have a seamless, integrated solution for engaging in multimedia experiences, rather than having to perform different tasks on various IT and consumer-electronics devices and applications," reports CRN.
"We've moved from designing feature by feature to designing complete scenarios that influence not just software, but also hardware and services requirements," Allchin said. "The best example of experience computing that we have today is Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004."
Note: You can't buy XP MCE unless you buy it loaded on a new PC.