As to the Server\Workstation

Yes it all depends on the software you are running...and what you are doing with it

But there is server class hardware.....

Such as SCSI, Backup drive, Multi processors, hardware RAID etc

I have seen far too many businesses running server apps on Workstations...then complaining that the "network" is slow, the app keeps crashing..blah blah blah....

At that point I tell them...get a real server...or stop whinning!!!

MLF