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OS choice-Multimedia Network
Name: Suprtech78 Date: October 17, 2002 at 14:05:36 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro CPU/Ram: Dual Xeon 1.4Ghz-1Gig rdr
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I am trying to implement a multimedia server station in my house. This will serve up multimedia files, act as a media center to TV, a broadband router/firewall, ftp server and game server. Is XP Pro the way to, because it will be a major media center for DVD, Audio-Tv/Entertainment center.
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