Microsoft is sending its Windows XP Media Center operating system on a world tour.
The software maker plans to offer the entertainment-oriented operating system in 19 additional countries, as well as Hong Kong.
Microsoft will sell versions of Media Center in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, India, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and Turkey. Those countries and Hong Kong will get the new operating system later in 2005.
The news will likely please consumers in those countries who want a Media Center PC, as well as computer makers that want additional places to sell their products. Still, the move is unlikely to push the needle much further in terms of overall sales of the operating system. That's because Media Center is already available in most of the largest PC-consuming countries, including the United States, Canada, China, South Korea and several European countries
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