>Sounds feasible. Yes, you would have to upgrade, but then, as a developer you should have enough hardware to run and test what you plan to develop, and be able to play with newer technologies (I know it is not always easy to budget for new hardware and harder yet, to justify it to your wife {bg}).
With respect to the wife, as the German saying goes: You hit the nail on the head. <g>
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