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<blockquote data-quote="archive10" data-source="post: 964981"><p>Nothing wrong with that.</p><p>It's a 10 year old design, but will probably serve you well for many more years to come.</p><p>Especially if you don't used it for more than one thing (i.e. SDR).</p><p>The small form-factor means that it doesn't take up too much space in your den/house/cave.</p><p></p><p>The Windows XP is probably the biggest problem. I agree that you should stick to 32-bit win XP, don't upgrade before you go to 7 or above.</p><p>But regardless of verison, there is no more support for this, and so you need to be wary of software defects that cause all sorts of attacks from the outside. </p><p>But if you run the machine on the inside of your router, possbily even on a separate "highly secure" sub-net, you should be okay of you don't do general web-surfing on the machine.</p><p></p><p>The 80 GB disk is also a bit on the low side, but unless you are downloading videos or similar, it is plentiful.</p><p>Do keep a back-up of the drive from some meaningful state (e.g. with all software installed and working).</p><p>If the HDD is 10 years old (or even 5 years old), it may work, it may die any day...</p><p>Having an image means you can simply stick in a new disk (the cheapest new, or a used one), and roll in a known state of the machine.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archive10, post: 964981"] Nothing wrong with that. It's a 10 year old design, but will probably serve you well for many more years to come. Especially if you don't used it for more than one thing (i.e. SDR). The small form-factor means that it doesn't take up too much space in your den/house/cave. The Windows XP is probably the biggest problem. I agree that you should stick to 32-bit win XP, don't upgrade before you go to 7 or above. But regardless of verison, there is no more support for this, and so you need to be wary of software defects that cause all sorts of attacks from the outside. But if you run the machine on the inside of your router, possbily even on a separate "highly secure" sub-net, you should be okay of you don't do general web-surfing on the machine. The 80 GB disk is also a bit on the low side, but unless you are downloading videos or similar, it is plentiful. Do keep a back-up of the drive from some meaningful state (e.g. with all software installed and working). If the HDD is 10 years old (or even 5 years old), it may work, it may die any day... Having an image means you can simply stick in a new disk (the cheapest new, or a used one), and roll in a known state of the machine. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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