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Home network server?
Name: EricBlair Date: April 13, 2008 at 10:09:50 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Intel Quad core Product: home made
Comment:
Hello,
I want to set up wireless network at home. What would be better as a server/streamer of media and files? I've been thinking that maybe Windows 2003 server would be good for that task. But then I think this might be overkill. Would an XP machine do just as well for my needs? (I don't want to use Media Center.)
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