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Faced with a stable and reliable Media Center 2005 machine, I had no choice but to completely wipe it out in favor of an untested and unnecessary upgrade. Microsoft profitably decided to require new extender hardware for Vista Media Center, rendering my original Xbox Extender useless, so a $100 Xbox 360 finally brought me into the year 2007. Risking a roid rage from Lisa, I began reloading with 64-bit Vista only to discover 32-bit video decoders won't cooperate with 64-bit applications. With the only 64-bit DiVX decoder available rated unreliable at best, I eventually admitted defeat and reloaded with the 32-bit version. Having lost the sex appeal of 64-bit, I could tell Lisa was less impressed with the 32-bit solution, but it was sufficient to provide her with "American Idol" and prevent a full fledged roid rage. The upgrade also put us on par with the flatlanders in the media center operating system category, which we had been lagging behind on for several months. Lisa and Melanies heated arguments regarding vertical vs. horizontal scrolling user interface design are finally a thing of the past.