server 2003 or vista business

[moonrose]

ok, so i have windows vista at the moment and i have 4gbs,
i just got windows server 2003 enterprise edition from my school.
so i was thinking of switching to server 2003 since it supports more ram than what i am currently using. i have an extra 2gb stick i could stick in and use.
so what would be the cons from switching?
so far the only thing i can think of is no DirectX 10,

and if you must know all i do is pretty much game. l4d2, wow and such.

 

[Samuraid]

Depending on the hardware you use, you might have an interesting time finding drivers for certain things. Also bear in mind that certain windows utilities (such as home-edition Virus scanners) might not be directly compatible with Windows server versions.

Other than that, you'd probably be fine switching. Is this version of Server 2003 a 64-bit edition, or are you expecting to depend on PAE to address more than 4GB of RAM?

 

[moonrose]

no its just 32bit edition, and i was going to depend on PAE to address more than 4GB.
i had the idea to try to set up a dualboot and test things from there.
i have most everything i use on a my 2nd HDD, and i may reinstall a few games and apps to see how they run.