Sounds like an interesting study. It’s good to learn multiple things! The need for hardware depends of what you are doing with your pc. If you like to play games, my system isn’t probably sufficient. I like to work with many programs open and some virtual machines, so I only have much RAM. All other hardware components are fine for now. I will also at least be using Windows Server 2008 till a new version of Windows or Windows Server comes. Works fine for me at the moment! 😉
