ArrizX is right, home is better. I had MCE before I got Home Edition SP2 and a new hard drive and Home is much faster. I liked media center because it had the stuff built into it, but I didn't like the fact that it hogged resources. The music part is just windows media center with a new 3D look, and ArrizX is right about it being just your documents in a new 3D look. It looks nice but it hogs too much memory and in my experience wasn't always stable. If you want it go for it but if you're not going to be doing a lot of media such as watching/recording TV, storing pictures and music then I say it's not the best investment. I don't even have a TV tuner and was stuck with MCE because Dell didn't offer Home Edition on their PC's at the time I got mine, it was either MCE or Professional. Again it all depends on what you want or are using it for, i'm just sharing my experience: some have had great and some have had bad with MCE so it's just up to you.