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A recent study by Parks Associates of more than 4,000 U.S. Internet households reveals that people with platforms such as Microsoft's Windows® XP Media Center Edition are redefining the PC's role through applications such as photo editing and video recording. In the survey, both current owners and likely buyers of Media Center Edition home computers reported significant differences compared with the entire U.S. Internet population in terms of their use of and interest in applications such as listening to digital music, creating custom CDs and DVDs, editing photos, and recording and viewing television and movies.
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Now, I know the article seems PC-pro, because there is no mention of Apple, but the findings of computers being used as entertainment centers makes sense. We've already seen this with iTunes, and I think that the trend is going to continue for a long time and expand into other areas.
A recent study by Parks Associates of more than 4,000 U.S. Internet households reveals that people with platforms such as Microsoft's Windows® XP Media Center Edition are redefining the PC's role through applications such as photo editing and video recording. In the survey, both current owners and likely buyers of Media Center Edition home computers reported significant differences compared with the entire U.S. Internet population in terms of their use of and interest in applications such as listening to digital music, creating custom CDs and DVDs, editing photos, and recording and viewing television and movies.
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Now, I know the article seems PC-pro, because there is no mention of Apple, but the findings of computers being used as entertainment centers makes sense. We've already seen this with iTunes, and I think that the trend is going to continue for a long time and expand into other areas.
