I agree. I reckon in the future it will cost heaps more to upgrade or repair that it is now, because of the advances in technology.

i don't play games much...so i guess what i have right now is enough...

if i could be bothered to upgrade or even create my own personalised comp then i would fill it as big as is physically possible.
the key IF I COULD BE BOTHERED.

I tend to upgrade in big chunks and then overdo it. I went to 1.5 gigs about 2 years ago, and it has served me well in the interim. I will upgrade again in the future, but it will be on a new motherboard/cpu set up. I suspect I will be targetting 4 gigs when I upgrade as well.

Is there any particular reason why you'll want that much memory or it's just because? Not sure if with a typical OS you'll notice a better performance.