jdm56;226272 Wrote: > Well, it wasn't the $300 so much as the fact I anticipate I will > eventually want a dedicated pc to act as a server for the Squeezetoy. > I seriously doubt our humble Dell E510 will handle my 14-yr-old's > gaming AND my music streaming simultaneously. So the initial $300 will > just be the start, probably. Maybe I can come up with something cheap, > though.
You'll want to look into Linux for a dedicated server. It will run SlimServer better than Windows on older hardware. Keep your eyes out for some older used PCs, PIII or so. The worst you will have to do is put a NIC (<$20) and a larger hard drive in it. I'm running Solaris on an Athlon 800MHz system I built sometime around 2000-2001. It was surplus and all I added was a new hard drive and some RAM. I think I spent ~$150 or so on the upgrade. -- 4mula1 SlimServer 6.5.4 + Solaris 10 x86: Because Linux would've been too easy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4mula1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38266 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
