I always new i was at the bare minimum of the hardware scale. But i could still stream media to my pc's and my xbox 360. When my server died 2 weeks ago, i decided to get windows 7 ready. I threw out the old P3 (home built server) and converted my vista desktop (home built) into my new server.
I was expecting a bump performance, but had no idea it would be this much.
I cant belive i lived 2 years with that old slow configuration. If you have the means to build a server to meet vista specs...by all means do it.