i think i could setup an ai at home very easy but as far as i know i have no use for it at the moment .
the comparing you make are hghard to judge without knowing the hardware specs of your old desktop , it could be an old 486-dx100 cpu with 8mb memory 😁 , but i guess it's something more modern and maybe no longer windows 11 compatible ?

What hardware would you need to run it at home without to many problems ? will it run on a VM server ? does it require a dedicated GPU ? i know i have played with Amuse 3.0 on my pc to make graphics and it works fine with 16gb Vram . But do all AI servers need Vram ?