My rule when it came to RAM was always to have double what the average computer had. When most computers were running 16 megs (remember those days) I had 32. When they move to 32 megs, I went to 64, then 128. Now I notice that most high end computers being sold by Gateway and Dell are shipping with 128 megs of ram. As you can guess, I decided to go to 256 megs just to maintain my 2 times standing.