I've been running Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 x64 at home for a few months on cheap ($400!) Dell sc430. Originally I was running Window Server 2003 Std x68 on only 256mb RAM and it ran sweet for my purposes (rdp, utorrent, emule, ftp and smb). For longhorn I replaced the 256mb stick with 2x1gig sticks. Longhorn uses more memory with the default build needing about 512mb of RAM. I've found the new server manager a big improvement over Add/ Remove Windows Components as a way of adding roles and features.
A few nice things surprised me. There is very good x64 driver support out at the moment. I even found a signed driver for my yum-cha usb wireless adapter. The new policy based QoS feature works well. For instance with the appropriate policy RDP remains responsive over the internet even if I max out my upload with torrents. SSL based Terminal Services gateway is great when behind a firewall as is the new sstp vpn tunnel. Terminal services are much improved with application publishing and better scrolling and support for big screen sizes. On the file server side of things the reporting is much better.
Server core is a good concept and should work well with the new virtualisation. It's a bit dodgy having to configure a number of server core options via pre made vbs scripts but there are a good number of roles already support. I'm disappointed that the alpha build of the viridian hypervisor that shipped with RC0 doesn't support server core as of yet as I would like to test that.
There is something for everyone in longhorn and it's shaping up to be a very good product.
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Good for people to know.
I fully understand you, my computer when starting files (although Windows 64 bit, which would seem not so?) Is just slow. Recently I had to contact the wizard for help to remove viruses and malware. Also in the service center I was advised by the IRC channel and using eMule for the sharing files securely https://yumdownload.com/emule (this is exactly what my job is, to check the texts of copywriters). In general, I hope in the future I`ll not have such problems with the PC.
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