,hope someone else will do .the antville projekt need this - just let `em work with a real toy & we got the fun(k)

you think it is too difficult or to much to discuss gettinthe money youre hopinfor ?(hope youre feeling better)

It's certainly possible, but I'm not going to do the cheerleading.

We could do it like this: Once you've gotten the offers, you could pick the one you really want (dual proc, raid, etc.). Then we can evaluate how much more money we need. Everybody stopped giving because the 3.000,- € announced in the first posting are reached now. If there would be a new number, people would start sending money in again, I guess.

I'm not going to do that, I already sank too many days into this. I'm not unhappy with the hardware we'll get.

The proposal was just for the case that you would have had to settle with a sub-optimal solution. Thanks for the work!

There is no fixed sum we need. There's only cheaper technology and more expensive one, and service contracts that are more or less comprehensive and long-running. We could easily spend 6000 Euro or more without overspending, but we can also do with the 3000 we have.

i dont know nothing about the possible different results if you buy a cheaper or a more expencive what-ever-you-need , but im afraid it`s difficult to get more money later .

I agree with frankai and support gHacks comment above. I think it will be possible to raise some additional money if needed. But we should know how much. Its much easier if we have a specific number as a target. I'd assume, that an additional 10 % should be possible within a couple of days.