Networking with macs and pcs mixed

Is it possible for me to:
1. take an old PC with a huge hard drive in, wipe it clean and install Leopard onto it to use as a simple server?
2. network it for a home office of 4 computers (2 macs, 2 pcs)?
I've never done networking before-is this possible?
Thanks

1. take an old PC with a huge hard drive in, wipe it clean and install Leopard onto it to use as a simple server?
If by "PC" you mean non-Apple hardware, no. Mac OS X only runs on Apple's systems.
2. network it for a home office of 4 computers (2 macs, 2 pcs)?
If you run Leopard on a Mac, yes, you can have up to ten systems connect to it, both Windows systems and Macs.

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