[LemonSaucy]

This is a good question, yours.

Off the top of my head there are no particular “advantages” for me, rather instead preferences.

Windows Server 2008 R2 has a cleaner interface with less fluff. It has a visually lower key logon and desktop.

It’s name (Server) reminds me that some of the work I do on it is to serve others.

Since I’ve dedicated one computer here for a couple of tasks (PGP Email and as a share/backup) I decided it would be ‘OK” to put R2 on it – no games, no instant messaging. It’s been doing very well.

Wiindows 7 would do just a good a job, but I like the slightly more ‘to business’ feel of R2 so it keeps me from surfing with it or getting up to anything other than the business it is dedicated to. I haven’t installed things like Flash nor even any anti-virus.

But yes, I realize that for what I use it for Windows 7 would do just as well. On what I consider my ‘main’ desktop I use Windows 7 Professional. And yes, I do have instant messaging on that. lol

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