Scott McNay
08-20-2002, 09:42 PM
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* MICROSOFT'S FALL LINEUP TARGETS CONSUMERS
Microsoft unveiled a slew of new consumer-oriented products yesterday. The products, which will be available this fall (in time for the holiday buying season), include an online gaming service for the Xbox video-game console, a new Windows XP version targeted at digital-media lovers, a new Windows Media Player (WMP), an attractive new version of Microsoft's online service, several new PC games, and some interesting hardware products.
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- Windows XP Media Center Edition. This new release is based on XP Professional Edition Service Pack 1 (SP1) but ships only with new Media Center PCs from Hewlett-Packard (HP). XP Media Center includes a new Media Center application that lets users interact with live and recorded TV, digital music, digital video, DVD movies, and other content by using a remote control and an attractive new interface. Media Centers PCs are targeted to college students, apartment dwellers, and other people in confined living spaces, Microsoft says.
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* MICROSOFT'S FALL LINEUP TARGETS CONSUMERS
Microsoft unveiled a slew of new consumer-oriented products yesterday. The products, which will be available this fall (in time for the holiday buying season), include an online gaming service for the Xbox video-game console, a new Windows XP version targeted at digital-media lovers, a new Windows Media Player (WMP), an attractive new version of Microsoft's online service, several new PC games, and some interesting hardware products.
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- Windows XP Media Center Edition. This new release is based on XP Professional Edition Service Pack 1 (SP1) but ships only with new Media Center PCs from Hewlett-Packard (HP). XP Media Center includes a new Media Center application that lets users interact with live and recorded TV, digital music, digital video, DVD movies, and other content by using a remote control and an attractive new interface. Media Centers PCs are targeted to college students, apartment dwellers, and other people in confined living spaces, Microsoft says.
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from WinInfo Daily UPDATE.
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--Scott.