Cost saving hardware requirements ; hotels and resorts 

Server (Dell/Acer) - Dual core

Xeon dual core or above
8 GB RAM
2 x 80 GB SATA hard drives with mirroring OR RAID 5
Gigabyte ethernet
Windows 2008 server OR
Linux (No licence fee)
Firebird SQL relational database version 2.x (no licence fee)
Anti virus subscription

Workstations

Intel Atom 1. 6 Ghz above
1 GB RAM
100 Mbps Fast ethernet
4 MB display RAM
LCD monitor supporting 768 x 1024 resolution
Windows XP home / Vista basic edition OR
Ubuntu workstation (no licence fee)
80 GB SATA hard disk drive

OR

VXL thin client terminal with embedded Windows XP

Accessories

Cat 6 or e-Cat structured cabling
16 / 24 port switch

Peripherals

24x CD writer / External hard disk
24 Wire dot matrix printer
Epson POS printer
256 kbps broadband connectivity