>> Other than audio and video data (which is inherantly large), I can't think 
>> of anything you can do with a computer that actually uses much memory.
> 
> At least, having a lot of memory lets you open many RAM-hungry apps at the 
> same time. I can have FinalRender gobbling memory to render a huge scene and 
> still be able to edit images with Photoshop while having Firefox opened with 
> lots of tabs etc. Also, there are many professional applications where more 
> RAM = bigger whatever is the goal of the application. I'm working with 
> linear programming for instance, and more RAM = larger models.

OK, but all of what you've described is pretty unusual for home use.

Sure, I run flam3, which eats RAM like candy. But that's because I'm a 
nerd. Normal humans don't do things like that.

At any rate, none of this explains why *Vista*, by itself, requires 
multiple gigabytes of RAM. (And therefore, presumably, if you want to 
run *real applications* that require gigs of RAM, you have to add even 
more RAM to your system to accomodate them!)

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