now webcarage is talking! i currently run 5 machines. on a network. the server is freebsd (with a kernal my friend wrote). i got one as a constant downloader (music or whatever hehe) one is mine (for everything that i do, surf, photoshop). one is my roommates (he helps run my business) , another in the living room (jukebox with winamp and a tv out card to watch the avs or other presets on the tv while jammin) and the final is my ripper (for dvd rips and cdr for burning svcd's and such and basically our file server). the total os are as follows: freebsd, mandrake (ya red hat is better but he likes mandrake (running gnome)) win 2k adv server win 2k and win 98SE (the jukebox...what else is 9.x good for hhaha)

but then again i upgrade computers for a living and get parts all the time so i just buy some ram and a few other cheap things and the systems are up and done (cheap...normally under $100)