Looking to return ?
 

Looking to do it right this time , and put forth the effort to beat my OLD time high of.
30-40 people


Looking to go out to BEST BUY here soon to purchase the best COMPUTER/SERVER for your money

here is what I am stuck with

* Should I buy a LAPTOP and let it sit in the corner and do the server thing
* Should I buy a DESKTOP and let it sit and use it for my server
* What direction should I go when purchasing a NEW computer to do what EQEMU needs it to do ?
* Looking to spend around 700-1200 bucks ?

And how bad does , WINDOWS 7 mess up EQEMU ?

EQEmu server runs great on my Windows7 i7 laptop. Still using titanium client. Then again, I am using it as a test server and not getting any load from any other players...

You are doing it backwards, I doubt any player has ever seen server specs and decided to play on a server simply because the server is fast, despite how shitty the content is. Load up a server on a spare crappy comp and use that money for beer while you make content that will entice people to play on your server.

Either way, I dont think the statements "best computer for your money" and "going to Bestbuy" are very compatible.

Red is a shitty color to use to highlight stuff

yeah your right as I was typing it and hit SENT I winced duhh

yeah I've already been to NEWEGG and priced a machine together and I know it will be nice, how ever

I hope to return and I did keep everyones FILES so we will see what happens :)

And ya I will use my other *old beast* haha to run the server but I have files SPREAD all over the place which is why I just wanted to start it on a fresh computer besides I hate down time and Xfering alot of data has chances to loose it :(

and SORRY for the RED FONT

LOL - I run a Windows virtual server on a Win7 x64 HTPC as my EQ server. For my small setup it works just fine when I don't mess it up! :D