From: "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan>


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| Laptops are not designed to run 24/7, they can have cooling issues.
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| An old 486 might run a nix version, but you would be better off with a
| P2 or P3 machine, or purchasing an appliance, in the long run it would
| save you much time, which is money for most.
|

Just from comparing the power consumption issue of a COTS FireWall appliance vs. a PC setup
as a FireWall you would save money.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp