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Setting up an asp.net application for a small intranet

As a learning exercise, I am trying to set up an asp.net site running inside an intranet.
This will be the first time I try this and I am doing it at home with only two computers.
One computer - a relatively new laptop running windows 7 home edition (4 gigs of RAM), the second is a desktop computer running Windows XP (4 gigs or RAM).
My question is three fold:
First: Which should be the better server?
Second: would I need more than IIS to install on the server computer?
Third: If Windows 7 is the better server, can you point me to a guide on how to install IIS for Windows 7?

Thanks

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I recommend you to change the zones for this question, because this is no ASP.NET question but more Windows question, IIS etc.

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if this is just an excersice project, you can use both, become a server both, set up the database and stuff and check out the performance.

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Thanks to all of you...
But I am still hoping that one of you will point me to a guide on how to set up IIS for windows 7.

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thanks for every one who responded