"Robert Moir" wrote:

> I would have said one of the business editions, as these would have the
> minimum amount of "fluff" running that would distract from the main purpose
> of the machine.
>
> Other than that, you'd build the system the same way you would with XP as
> your starting point right now, buying hardware parts that would work well in
> a 64bit configuration so that you can upgrade just as soon as your software
> of choice becomes available in a 64bit edition.
>

Well, it's an ASUS P5LD2 motherboard with a P4 930 dual core, 2GB of RAM,
over 500GB of hard drive and a 7300 GT PCI-express video. I know the 930 is
capable of E64MT. I'm not sure if that's 64-bit capable or not. It's also
running 2000 at the moment. I'll have to do some research.