so one of the guys at work has got onto folding and in doing so has got me to get my finger out my rear and go back into the buisness of it, since i havent for about 2 years now quiet abit has changed an linux is a lot easier etc and the possibility of vm's is easier 
so what ive read is linux folds a hell of a lot better so i was thining of vmwareing it so now my current server a
pent 4 1.6ghz
1.5gb ram
60gb hdd with 2 externals
is going to end up a
amd 64 939 1.8ghz
1.5-3gb of ram can all be depending on whats compatable etc
60gb hdd
80gb hdd
160gb hdd
and 2 externals
now the question is would it be wise to switch to a vmware on the later build and have a ubuntu vm or 2 just to fold followed by a server 2003 vm to share ??
and can i link my usb externals to share on the 2003 ?
or ... would it be worthwhile me just having 2 seperate machines one for my sharing and one for folding ?
so what ive read is linux folds a hell of a lot better so i was thining of vmwareing it so now my current server apent 4 1.6ghz
1.5gb ram
60gb hdd with 2 externals
is going to end up a
amd 64 939 1.8ghz
1.5-3gb of ram can all be depending on whats compatable etc
60gb hdd
80gb hdd
160gb hdd
and 2 externals
now the question is would it be wise to switch to a vmware on the later build and have a ubuntu vm or 2 just to fold followed by a server 2003 vm to share ??
and can i link my usb externals to share on the 2003 ?
or ... would it be worthwhile me just having 2 seperate machines one for my sharing and one for folding ?