Games! Games! Games!

This Xbox configuration does seem a little complicated for the parents.

The upper two versions of Windows Vista will include Media Center functionality as part of the package. Microsoft's thinking with how this will work is not that folks will have a PC next to their TV, instead they will have a home network with a media center PC (the family PC), and a Media Center Extender such as the XBOX 360 in the TV room. The Media Center PC will host the app code and will simply send the UI to the extender to be rendered on the TV. This is cool for geeks like us, but I think mom and pop are going to need a simpler setup to really make this catch on. Then again, they're not really the audience for this, so maybe that is a non-issue.

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