Computer vendors are hoping Santa will be leaving lots of Media Center PCs under the tree this year. With the release last month of Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005, vendors are upgrading their Media Center PCs for the holidays. Among the companies with desktop models are Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, and Sony. Toshiba, for its part, has two notebook versions. Other companies like Pinnacle Systems sell adapters that convert existing PCs into a rough equivalent of the Media Center platform.
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