>Hi Doug,
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>I'll certainly put that on the list.
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>As regards building my own, I'm toying with that idea but have this little voice telling me that I really only know enough to be dangerous. And that was really confirmed by Ed R.s reply.
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>I also note that Rambus (RDRAM?), AGP4 and 133mhz bus are right around the corner, so a small wait while I investigate more deeply may be worthwhile.
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>Its also going to be my first venture with a NT Server system. Maybe a somewhat longer wait, for 2000, is in order too.
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>Thanks for the input,
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>Jim N
>

Jim,

From what I've seen the new RDRAM is very cool, but probably on the front side of the price curve. I'd expect it to go down the first quarter of next year, presuming that it works well in the marketplace.

Waiting to purchase hardware ALWAYS IMO benefits the purchaser.

Doing an NT server can be tricky if your hardware isn't on the HCL (Yet another acronym for Hardware Compatibility List), which you can get from Microsoftsomewhere on their site. I think they even have a downloadable software test thingy.

I have always been torn between hardware and software.

Best,

DD