I had to install Peachtree at work on a computer running 512 MB. I almost cried. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

My first computer had 640KB of RAM. Now, we need 2GB just to be comfortable. - Morton Fox

Holy cow you poor poor soul. what diety did you offend in order to be cursed with such a heavy burden??? - Jason Shultz from twhirl

So you can't run firefox now.. that stinks - Bwana ☠

@jason I have been reviewing every detailed memory I can recall to see where I went wrong. it seriously takes this thing 15 minutes+ to power up each morning - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

@bwana - am actually running firefox surprisingly - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Gasp! - Bwana ☠

:( - Hao Chen

nLite! - mjc

@bwana I know - I'm a wild man bent of pushing life to the ragged edge - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

my first computer had 16k of ram, and it was more than enough. - Giulio Ardoino

My first computer had 5k of RAM, and it was enough (Commodore VIC-20). I have also used a PDP-7, where the memory isn't even counted in KBytes. - DGentry

...the pain you must feel... - JA Castillo

I started with a VIC-20, too. Brings back memories. - Joey Gibson

Kill me now - Adam Helweh

@adam YOU? I'm the one who has to use it! lol - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Yay Commodore VIC-20 @Joey! I typed many lines of code on that thing, then backed up to cassette tape! - Josh Haley

hehe I am intentionally torturing my computer right now and running qik on top of outlook, firefox 3 and i tunes. i hope it suffers - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

My laptop manages to charge to 71% of it's 18% battery capacity. Which basically means it's no longer portable. Looks like we both need new laptops... - Ricardo Vidal

Ricardo, maybe you need a new battery rather than a new laptop. Battery capacity tends to diminish over time. - Morton Fox