I have yet to do a comprehensive search to see if anyone has mentioned running MCE full time, but one more off-topic post isn't going to hurt anyway.
I'd like to find two or three people running Windows Media Center Edition based on XP and/or Vista. On a related note if anyone is currently using Girder or HIP or another remote-control type program with support for MCE IR receivers also please let me know.
I have some free hardware to send around that I'd love to hear back about (if it works plug and play, etc..)