What does XP Media Center offer that vanilla XP does not?

I have a seat of XP Media Center on DVD from an old dead computer.

I am wondering what Media Center has which vanilla XP Home does not. Are not some of the components a little dated by now, replaced by other sites and services, rendering them obsolete?

That said, is there any way to opt not to install the extra Media Center features, thus streamlining it as a bare bones XP install? After all, what I want it for is as a dual boot on a partition where W7 will be the main OS

 

Note that according to Microsoft's EULA, the license for an OEM version of Windows dies with the computer.

 

This link probably is the info you are looking for as to what it contains.

Windows XP Media Center Edition

 

Just looking in. Does the DVD allow you to Browse the DVD?

XP shows that and could you select/deselect Windows Programs you don't want?
Cheers Neil.

 

Yes, it's quite easy to browse the DVD. I was just curious not just which programs are included but what other components are part of it.

It was largely curiosity as much as anything else.

Yes, the link includes some good info, just, as always, takes some rifling through to get at the good stuff.