Not much posting today

A computer I had ordered came in today so I will be getting it set up and configured. Normally, I like to roll my own but this is for the music setup I have and the company manufactures them specifically for this task. I have not powered it up yet -- it is rack mounted and I need to shuffle some equipment around -- but it is supposed to be dead quiet which will be nice as most systems of any size sound like a jet taking off... The other feature is that it's install of Windows has been stripped to within an inch of it's life. Since Windows can multitask, running something along with your music software can cause problems as having a sudden change in system load can cause an audible glitch in your recording. This is not a machine to connect to the internet. There is no browser, there is no email, no office software, no Instant Messaging, no anti-virus, no firewall, nothing. I will install a few common utilities (NoteTab, Foxit PDF reader, Defraggler, CCleaner, Recuva) but nothing else. If I want to upgrade a piece of software, I will go to another machine, download the patch, burn a DVD and walk that disk over to this system. The words "Lean and Mean" come to mind...