Though at first glance, I enjoyed the form-factor of Windows Home concept, thinking that it was very microsoft-unlike – but after reading this here whitepaper on the system – I find it really hard getting excited about, yet another future home computer system that makes you just a little more a numb/dumb consumer. And what do you know writing scenerios is tricky stuff, but why are innovation of the home always engineers heaven, and rarely supports everyday life in an interesting way!

There is a vision-movie at the project homepage, but what do you know, the streaming is made completly impossible with some wmx format, at least on my Mac.
But here are some of the really stunningly unintillegent scenarios of tomorrows Home technology, this is what you gonna get.

“Windows Home Concept Scenarios These scenarios illustrate possible experiences made possible with the features, technologies, and devices included in the Windows Home Concept.

Entertainment and communications integration.
Jeff is watching the big game and the score is tied�there are less than two minutes to go�when a call comes in. It’s his good friend Jay, and they haven’t spoken in months. Because he has personal video recording (PVR) capabilities, Jeff chooses to select “answer� rather than “ignore.� After Jeff finishes the call, he resumes the game broadcast right where he paused it, and he doesn’t miss a single second of the critical last plays.

OK. good freind, good game? before PVR – good game, bad friend, calling when there is a game on. Now timeshifting, good freind aaand god game whasssup!… yes, but the beer is still getting warm by it self, somebody fix that!! And how about multitasking? Do you loose that when you get your PVR system..!? Can one then ever recover from PVR?

System provides services throughout the day, even when it appears off.
Denise has always turned off the PC when she wasn’t using it. But with her new Windows Media Center Extender and capabilities provided with the Always Ready technology, she leaves her PC powered on so she can use the music and content that is stored on her PC. Even though her PC is on, it’s quiet and appears off because it’s running in a lower-powered state. Now she always leaves her PC on so it can perform tasks such as recording late-night re-runs of her favorite TV show.

Always Ready technology, on a Windows-platform, sounds more like hmmm… never!

Playing live and recorded TV on a mobile PC.
Denise wirelessly streams live TV from her Home Center PC to her Home Tablet PC to watch TV anywhere in the house. Denise can also record TV content for her daughter to watch while they run errands.

Always Ready, anywhere, anytime… but you know, it still is the same old crap your NOT missing out on, while your driving down at McDonalds.

Program search using voice commands.
Just as he’s leaving the house to meet friends, Jeff sees a commercial for a program that will be broadcast later that week� but it will be broadcast when he’s at work. He knows he doesn’t have time to search through the content guide to find the broadcast, so he picks up the remote and says “Record Channel 7 on Wednesday at 7 p.m.� The guide moves to Wednesday and shows that the program will be recorded.

“No not opera…OPRAH, no no OUPERAWH! Arh, gimme that thing!”

Communications to the right people on the best device.
Denise uses ink technology to scribble “Dinner is at 7:00 p.m.� on her Home Tablet PC and sends it to a Group she’s created for her family. Her husband gets the message on his convertible notebook PC while he’s taking notes during a meeting. Her son gets it as an MMS on his cell phone. Her daughter gets an e-mail alert while she’s working on her homework upstairs. The message also appears on Denise’s tablet as an ink sticky note, and is displayed when she docks it in the Communications Center.

Crossplatform messaging, like it – But what ever happend to just screaming your lungs out!
… Email from mom: Your grounded! btw. dinner is at 7….

Relaxed computing throughout the home.
Denise is using her Home Tablet PC to manage finances while she and her husband are lying in bed. When she’s finished, she streams TV from the Home Center PC, using wireless headphones so she doesn’t wake her husband, who has fallen asleep.

How nice, doing finances in the bed, grrr…but heck Jeff and Denise, you really didn’t have anything to left talk about, anyway, since the WHC came into your life, have you?! Tell your CC to file in for a divorce via the TV..!

Gates, you just gotta do better, you just gotta!