I was just commenting on the Windows-driven mentality that you need 768 MB of RAM to have a fast machine. Software is SO bloated nowadays and it's refreshing to see a machine that can do so much on 12 or 16 MB of memory. As a software developer in an environment where conservation of CPU and memory resources is critical, I love devices like the Empeg. Seeing my version management software at work taking up 45 MB of RAM, or my UML design software taking up 150 MB, makes me want to vomit.

You're right in that buffering/caching is great, and database servers with a few gigs of memory make sense... But the fact that a modern day workstation basically requires 256 or 512 MB of RAM is insane. To run Word, Excel, and browse the occasional web page...

Sorry, you're not going to get me to budge on this one...