HP Dumps Linux for Windows XP MCE in New Media Player

An anonymous reader writes "There hasn't been much said about this, but HP's new z545 Digital Entertainment Center appears to be a Windows-based re-spin of an earlier Linux-based model that HP unveiled three years ago at the Tech X NY trade show in New York, and which was sold for some time as the de100c Digital Entertainment Center. Seems like the joint's gone downhill ever since Perens left."

Re:Not quite a backwards step

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a great decision. I mean you don't use a server os for playing your illegal mp3's right? Sounds like Windows has found it's appropriate market niche.. toys

Re:BFD

[gilesjuk]

Well if Microsoft can make the system tidy and appliance-like that's fine. There's nothing worse than the interface dying and the Windows desktop appearing. That and when you get an error and a dialog box appears that you can't cancel.

See ATMs for examples of these.

Re:I mourn for HP.

[random_rabbit]

I agree with the parent. The moment HP stopped concentrating on brown sauce, I lost all respect. I'm switching to Daddie's.

I have one windows machine and I am not happy

[Anonymous Coward]

it is my internet radio which runs windows (ce?) and even with upgrades it is not able to play the latest windows media streams. go figure.
I buy a machine with windows embedded and they(hw company+ms) are not even able to keep it compatible within their own framework.

I guess I can stop

[theendlessnow]

I guess I can stop imagining a beowulf cluster of these.