I made a few post last week. I wanted to set up a HTPC. I have been running W2000 for years and for the most part has worked great. Well I have found some limitation with W2000. It will not support 5.1 digital audio. At first I was resistant to upgrading to XP because I was told I would have to buy the full program at $200. I could see $100 or so but not 200. All my efforts to make 2000 work were in vain.
On one of these forums I someone mentioned windows MCE so I looked into that. I could pick it up for 109 but there is a confusing list of requirements, receipts for hardware purchases and a lot more.
I went ahead and ordered vista premium home edition from newegg for 119. They said it a full oem product no upgrade required. So this seems to be the smart way to go. Is there any reason to go with wmce over vista?
Also being that I have plenty and I mean plenty of HD space I was thinking I would install vista on its own drive and reinstall all my software when and if I want. To me this seams like a no brainer too. Is there a snag I may not see with this idea?