If you don't have $300+, I encourage everyone to slap an extra computer together from spare parts like I did.

"Firebird" (used as a file server/sometimes workstation by a poor college student)
• 400 MHz AMD K6-2
• 450MB RAM
• Hard Drives
  • 1 1.2 GB (Windows 2000 system)
  • 2 20 GB (Data)
  • 1 40 GB (MP3s and Movies)
• Has Perl. Haven't installed Apache yet, but I plan on it.

Surprisingly, it works well. It's slow, but it's reliable. (although most of you would rather use Linux or FreeBSD, I'm sure)

John J Reiser
newrisedesigns.com