Re: new hardware suggestion...
Just to give you another perspective, I run a Dell Vostro A90 netbook as a file server for my home network. It has a 4 GB SSD to run Ubuntu 9.10 and a 1.5 TB external USB2.0 drive for storage. Despite the rather humble hardware, it works great as a file server. I can serve 1.4 GB video files on the external drive over wifi to the PS3 in my living room and watch it upscaled to HD resolution on my 46" Samsung LED TV. Everything is fast enough for uninterrupted playback. I can also serve all my mp3 music files on the external drive and play them on the PS3 or on my iPhone. The USB2.0 interface has proven fast enough for me to do what I want without any problems.
Main: Intel Core i7 920 D0 @ 4.0GHz | Asus P6X58D Premium | 6 x 2GB Mushkin Redline 1600 7-8-7-24 | EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti | 6 x 1TB WD Caviar Black | Mint 15 Cinnamon / OS X 10.7.3
Portable: Dell Mini 9 | OS X 10.6.7
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