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Hi, Thanks for the info. Is your laptop still running as a server or has it died completely? Even a year's use out of an old laptop isn't bad as long as it doesn't rocket up the energy bill.

Thanks All, Much appreciate your replies. To be honest with you, its my first server ever and i am not sure how much use i will get out of it etc. Energy cost (UK energy rates are expensive) is my primary concern plus an average performance which rules the PI out. I am leaning towards laptop...

hi All, My first post so be gentle. I am after opinions here as I am looking forward to setting up a home server generally as personal cloud accessible from outside of home network, run a few programs like calibre etc, and have all my music and movies available to my TVs, Playstation...