"There are minumum system requirements for both hardware and software for a SharePoint Server. Hardware requirements include a four or eight core 64 bit processor (depending on type of use), 4 -16 GB of ram (depending on type of use), and 80 GB of hard disk space. Software requirements depend heavily on the type of server you will be using, but include very specific editions of Microsoft SQL server and specific service packs, Windows 7 or Windows Vista and many other software prerequisites depending on your usage of SharePoint Server."
For using the SharePoint Server 2007 one requires only some very basic requirements such as 500 MHz or higher, 2GHz processor or higher, 1GB RAM or higher and some other basic requirements which most computers fulfill.
Windows SharePoint Services offer several products such as, Windows, Windows Server, System Center, Internet Explorer, Office, Office 365, Exchange Server, and SQL Server.
SharePoint Server 7
Sharepoint consulting differs from regular consulting because they can be set up with fewer server requirements. This makes it much easier to follow through with the consulting.
SharePoint Server can contain field controls. Field controls are controls that everyone can create.
Microsoft Sharepoint Server hosting is available anywhere in the world. The key to utilizing a hosted version of Microsoft Sharepoint Server is find a reputable company who already has the hosting available.
Server
The first version of Microsoft SharePoint Server was 2001. The latest at time of writing, released to RTM last week is SharePoint 2013. 12 years then.
SharePoint is an application server, but it requires (and extends) Internet Information Server, Microsoft's web server software.
There are many advantages and benefits of using a Sharepoint Portal Server. The main advantage is that it allows employees to share work together to get work done more efficiently.
Files can only be sent as attachments throug Outlook to SharePoint. There's no Out-Of-The-Box way of publishing them directly. However there're a number of third-party addins available online that can be used for this. You need to search for them and select whichever suits your requirements.
In terms of Sharepoint it is the point of contact between the farm and the user that delivers the content as web pages through HTTP. It is not the back end database server, shared service provider, application server, search server or any other middleware Sharepoint provides.