Does all make sense what Microsoft does? That would be new to me. I think this thread went a little - just a little - off topic. Looks more to me in the direction "who has the biggest..." All comments about "I have 1 GB and it works fine" are ignored. The RAM here goes up and up like the tail of a cow in spring. Difference between 2 GB and 4 GB RAM btw does not mean neccessarily that the application uses more than 2. It could be that only there is more space available for other applications in the background. Which is ok and an advantage of course too. I repeat it, 1 GB works absolutely fine here. As it does with a lot of others.

One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.