I had emailed the man who does that stuff to the computers a long time ago wondering information about what made it so special. Aside from different HDD and some other internals...it's all very basic to what a normal computer is use for; minus all the big bucks when you can do it to something more cheap; and with a better processor.
As far as I can tell, the processor they use is a Pentium 4. That's good but it seems like the music industry (along with the video too) is going to have to be switching to 64-bit technology because we've gone and managed to outsmart multiple 64-bit processors at times (Regarding Apple's G5)
Now, I am a mac user myself, but I suggest you look into some of the computers that are 64 bit now...and compatible...as Manning always suggests; AMD is good, Apple makes the G5, ad IBM and Intel are in on it too (Correct me if wrong, but Intel makes the PowerPC)
I ran across an article about a man who claims he got 54 tracks on a powerbook (older one) by doing some simple steps. This can be most like what this guy does for the music Windows XP's...plus a faster hard drive.
So check it out, I know it is about Panther (mac's newest OS X) but the same aspects can be applied to any OS such as deleting of languages you won't use, creating a strict account for the DAW to run on so it can perform at it's best with not many conflicts... and so on.
Now, also you can go into Logic (if you take the apple route) and use 'nodes' which connect computers via Gigabyte Ethernet and harnesses all of their CPU powers together to get a job done (If those dual 2.5GHz G5's can't do it) by separating which computer does the tracks, which one has plugins processing, etc.
It seems like he's the kid down the street wanting to set up you computer to perform best.... when, if you put the time into it, you could have done it yourself for well... do you charge yourself for labor?
