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Shuttle XPC M1000 with Always On for quick restarts

Shuttle MCE-01 Media Center PC

Don't want to sit and wait for your Media Center PC to boot up just so you can watch your stored copy of "Rob & Amber Get Married?" Now there's another option (other than not watching the show), in addition to the always hot "just leave it on" and the Stand By mode built into Windows XP Media Center Edition. Taiwan's Shuttle is rolling out the XPC M1000, the first Media Center PC to include Always On technology, which the company says can restart a suspended PC in under five seconds. Sounds great, but what we'd really like is something that can quickly bring the box back to life after a BSOD.