Home and home office PC users generally don't need the most bleeding edge features. You want stability, style, an affordable price, and enough horsepower to tackle all of your needs from MS Office to eBay, yes? You've come to the right place. Shuttle's XPC family is all about delivering the features you want today with the upgradeability you'll need tomorrow.

Especially in a home environment, though, you have an additional set of needs that many PC vendors ignore. You need a system that's small enough to fit in any living space yet still tasteful and attractive enough to be pleasing to the eye. Perhaps more importantly, you need a system that won't drown your solitude or cramp your conversations with a barrage of fan noise. XPCs are some of the quietest PCs on the market, and our new power supply innovations are pushing noise levels to unprecedented lows.

	Clean, modern aesthetics that look like a melding of technology and sculpture. Powerful feature sets that won't be obsolete within days of setting up the system. Exceptional stability and compatibility with your existing software and thousands of new and coming titles. Nearly silent operation that won't disrupt your lifestyle. The latest features ideal for home productivity, daily needs, and entertainment. Best of breed performance for all of your application needs, everything from instant messaging to digital video editing.

Microsoft Office 2003 offers the best of breed productivity software for your college life. For example, Microsoft Excel will allow you to analyze sales data, perform ROI (or Return On Investment) analysis, and many other common project tasks.

Communicate Quickly and Effectively
The Word 2003 communicates quickly and effectively with others—internally and across campus to your classmates. By Saving Word 2003 documents to shared workspaces where other team members can get the latest version, check the documents in or out, or even save task lists, related documents, links, and member lists. And no need to leave Word to find out if an instant messaging (IM) contact is online—you can access IM and even initiate IM conversations in Word 2003.

Create Professional Presentation
Use PowerPoint 2003 to create exciting slide shows with graphics, animations, and multimedia—and make them easier to present. Just access Clip Art and Media on Microsoft Office Online. Select from thousands of multimedia elements—including images, sounds, photos, and animations—to add impact to your presentations.

Create Impressive Paperwork
Keeping in touch and communicating with audience is essential for any kind of project. With Publisher 2003, it's easier than ever to design, create, and publish professional materials for desktop printing, commercial printing, e-mail distribution, or viewing on the Web.

Live Video Conferencing
The new feature in MSN Instant Messenger, the Live Web Video Conferencing Service is built-in with Shuttle XPC System. Which can help you and your colleagues and participate in interactive meetings around the campus with remote teams, prospects, partners, and global audiences—in real time and at a moments notice. With everyone participating from their desktops, teams can swap ideas, share information, mark up files, collaborate with whiteboards, or negotiate deals—at a fraction of the cost of travel. Communicating with people more easily and quickly can help shorten sales cycles, increase productivity, and improve the bottom line.

Plus, you can instantly send a message to a MSN Direct watch or any other mobile device. Text message from your mobile device even when you’re away from your computer.

Email Management
Microsoft Outlook 2003 provides an integrated solution for managing and organizing e-mail messages, schedules, tasks, notes, contacts, and other information. Outlook 2003 delivers innovations you can use to manage your communications, organize your work, and work better with others—all from one place.

Digital Music
XPC makes it simple to organize and play digital music on your computer.

The Scholar XPC My Music experience builds on Windows Media® Player, giving you the freedom to enjoy your music from anywhere in the room. Browse Windows Media (.wma), .mp3, and .wav audio files by scrolling through album cover art, or view lists organized by genre or artist. Use the search function to quickly locate albums, artists, songs, or playlists. Push a button to play or shuffle playlists, music by selected artists or genres, or your entire music library.

Digital Photo
Also, the XPC makes it a snap to organize, find, and view your favorite pictures.Use Windows Picture Viewer to sort and find photos and images in the My Pictures and Shared Pictures folders. View your digital photos one at a time, or create automated slide shows. You can even add background music to your slide shows to set the right mood, and adjust the volume or skip tracks during a slide show, all without missing a beat.

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