Nice price and all, maybe somewhat too soon to make conclusions, but what MS really needs to provide is a real reason to switch from 7 to 9.

I doubt I will do any of the above.

The problem I see is that this (most likely) will only be for standard users. It will probably be the Windows 9 with Bing version only. If you have 8.1 Pro, it stands to reason they will charge you another $100.00 for the upgrade and then another $10.00 charge if want Media Center. I just won't do it.

There will be nothing Windows 9 can offer over 8.1 other than eye candy (a new menu, so what). The App Store will not be improved, not much of anything else. It just wouldn't be worth it, at least not for me. IMHO.

ThrashZone said:

I believe a upgrade of win-8 started out as 19.99

Who needs Media Center haven't touched in years and that was just to turn off it's auto updating of a worthless t.v. guide :)

Plenty of free players available if and when compatible :/
I doubt wmp will be for sale who would buy it

Well we use Media Center daily, we replaced all of our Comcast Set Top Boxes with Silicondusts HD Prime and all of our TVs (5), which saves us $40 a month charge for the units. The cable card(s) cost us $1.50 per month, in comparison. Hmm, $40 x 12 = $480.00 dollars a year, not a bad investment. Also, all of our tablets can run it, I forgot about those. Oh, and we can record shows weeks in advance.

An added benefit is, we actually have better pictures, the comcast boxes, were always a dismal quality.

and there are approximately 60+ million users of Media Center, so just because you don't use, please don't undermine those of us who do.

ThrashZone said:

Who needs Media Center haven't touched in years and that was just to turn off it's auto updating of a worthless t.v. guide :)

I use it every day.