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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:23 am
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:51 am
by MrPotatoes
well, servers are different from client computers. especialy if you remove GUI and anything else that is graphical
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:55 am
by Weirdan
Read my post once again... I was talking about
Windows server

Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:00 pm
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.