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Weirdan
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Post by Weirdan »

I'm working on a machine with a celeron (1.8GHz) right now and blahh... it's crap
Here I use Celeron 2.4GHz/512MB... it runs Win2003 Server (print and file server for ~50 clients), participates in WorldCommunityGrid and serves as my desktop at the same time. No slowdowns ever.
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MrPotatoes
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well, servers are different from client computers. especialy if you remove GUI and anything else that is graphical
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Read my post once again... I was talking about Windows server :)
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

My Laptop from Best Buy that I bought in January...

AMD Athlon 3400
512 MB Ram
100GB Hard Drive
DVD/CD Reader/Writer
All the other crap that comes with an unusually pwerful machine

$800

Added an XP Pro upgrade for $149, so total was $949. Desktops go for less that laptops (at least in California, East Bay Area) so I would imagine that you could your hands on a decent machine at a better price. And I would stay away from the Celerons unless you only want to use Office type apps and check email. Just my opinion.
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