Help to decide on a Media center+Home Server

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Carl29

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Help to mount Media center/Server

Hi,
I want to build a machine where there will be a media center and production server.
My question is wether to install Debian or Windows or both.
Mi idea is to have all my movies and music, connect the PC to the TV to watch films and at the same time have a production server to host my web projects before uploading to online server.

Here's the Hardware:
Code: 
    MB: Gigabyte GA-8I915PMD
    CPU: Intel P4 3.20Ghz
    RAM: 3GB DDR2 266Mhz
    HD1: 200GB [Seagate ST3200826AS]
    HD2: 500GB [Seagate ST3500320AS]

What's your opinion, should I install Debian with windows on a virtual machine; should I install Debian on the 200GB HD and Windows on the 500GB and restart every time I want to switch between the server and media center.

My concern on keeping windows is to make it easier to manage the TV connection and movie and music players with an existing remote controller.

Please advise fellows
 
For your OS, I'd suggest whatever has the most support for what you want to do, in terms of movie/audio production software

The specs you listed, are they from your current machine or something you plan on purchasing? They are quite old.

If you were to purchase a new computer, how much would you be looking to spend? (for the tower only, I'll assume you have peripherals and a monitor)
 
yes, I've it all.
Sincerely I'm more into installing debian to have a production server and also could make it work as a router firewall since I've two network cards.
My doubt is related to all the movies and music I have, if they are going to be available if I install debian. Since the disk is on NTFS format I would have to reformat so that debian could see it, right?
and, is debian good to play movies and music?
 
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