Media Centre III and MEGA 651

Does anyone know if the Media Centre III program will work on the MSI MEGA 651 as well as the 180? Im going to try it tonight, i just wondered if anyone else had had a go?

I've installed it on my mega PC 651
I'm running 2.6 cele, 80 gig HD, 512 of ram, on board sound and vid.
It works fine..transition screens fade in and out a bit choppy tho.... i think it's  a problem with the software tho

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