Microsoft Nixes MCE 2006 Plans

PC Wrold is reporting that Microsoft will skip their plans to introduce Windows Media Center Edition 2006, instead opting for a major MCE 2005 update.

“Microsoft for the first time in three years plans to go without a new release of Windows XP Media Center Edition, a company spokesperson says.

Instead, Microsoft plans to offer an update to Media Center Edition 2005 to refine some features, says Microsoft Product Manager Tom Laemmel, speaking in an interview at the CeBIT tradeshow here. That update would be “bigger than your standard Windows update, but smaller than a Service Pack,” he says.”

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