I already have a win XP MCE 2005 box and am fairly happy with mce. Obviously I don't relish paying for it but that has already happened <g>. I have all the usual reservations about MS (I have linux on all my other boxes - but got fedup with the problems in getting mythtv to run. I had an old copy of XP lying around, so only had to shell out for mce).
However, now I have everything up and running in mce (only 10 minutes and a couple of the usual crashes later all was good). I live in Spain but get Sky via a UK setup.
My questions are:
1. I would like to give gbpvr a go. Will it coexist happily alongside mce on the same PC?
2. Can I use the MS wireless keyboard and remote (with remapping if necessary)?
3. What would people say are the advantages in terms of actual facilities/options/add-ons etc?
4. Any reasons why I shouldn't switch?
Thanks for any help. BTW I DID search this and other forums but couldn't find much in the way of a decent comparative review of the two products - mainly just anti-Microsoft stuff with which I mainly concur. (But it doesn't help understand the differences in the products)
RJ
NOTE - Edited to re-number questions!
However, now I have everything up and running in mce (only 10 minutes and a couple of the usual crashes later all was good). I live in Spain but get Sky via a UK setup.
My questions are:
1. I would like to give gbpvr a go. Will it coexist happily alongside mce on the same PC?
2. Can I use the MS wireless keyboard and remote (with remapping if necessary)?
3. What would people say are the advantages in terms of actual facilities/options/add-ons etc?
4. Any reasons why I shouldn't switch?
Thanks for any help. BTW I DID search this and other forums but couldn't find much in the way of a decent comparative review of the two products - mainly just anti-Microsoft stuff with which I mainly concur. (But it doesn't help understand the differences in the products)
RJ
NOTE - Edited to re-number questions!