To Hub Or To Switch ??

Im looking to know which of the following devices people would recommend?

I have in mind a 12 port cisco switch or a 12 port 3com switch

now im not sure I quite need the capability a switch provides and think maybe a hub instead would be adequate.

The network consists of 6 computers and a laptop, all doing file transfer, databases, jpg loading, e-mailing, etc...

there is one server on the network and an ADSL connection to the internet.

my question, for the above, would you get a 100Mbit hub or a 100Mbit switch?

and if you choose the switch, why would you choose it instead of a hub (apart from the obvious)?

 

 

 

 

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