[Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta]

Personally, I like it. I can't imagine why someone would say Giant sucked, it does so many things.

[winamp gone?]

I personally hate Winamp, it can barely play anything, if you want a player that does both video and audio (just about ANY format) and is skinnable, get JetAudio at www.jetaudio.com

[MCE 2k5 on DVD]

For those who simply want MCE to fit on one disc (I know that's not the only issue that pertains to your post), you might not even need to use a DVD to get MCE onto one disc. I simply used the following method and got it down to a reasonable size, (small enough to fit on regular CD-R).

Copy the contents of both CDs to a folder on your HDD.

Navigate to \yourfolder\I386 and delete the LANG folder (you should probably only do this if you plan to use it in english), you've just cut the size down 99 Mb.

Now, navigate to \yourfolder\CMPNENTS and delete TABLETPC (you will probably never need this, and deleting this doesn't mean you can never use tablet software)

You've just cut the size another 84 Mb

Now the overall size of MCE should be down to around 650 Mb.

Make an ISO in nLite, and you've shrunken MCE down to fit on one CD.