Handle With Linux

My current desktop system is no slouch: a 2006 HP a1483w with dual-core AMD, two gigs of RAM, and built-in Nvidia graphics with 256 MB of shared memory. Hey, with two gigs, there's plenty to go around.

A gamer would sneer at it, but it's more than powerful enough to run Ubuntu Intrepid with a VMWare 2.0 Server XP machine running 24/7 in the background.

Sometimes, I run my 2K machine virtually, too. And all three systems coexist nicely with barely noticeable speed hits.

But I have decided to purchase a bare-bones system and build it up from scratch with Ubuntu.