For games, it's too much. If he uses it as a multimedia or video production
station, then it's "more is better." 12GB can only hold less than 10
minutes of uncompressed video. 192MB of RAM isn't too much for working in
Photoshop or other graphic intensive programs.

If he can afford it, it's his call to have all the fun he wants. He can put
many games on HD and running at an optimal speed.


>
>I was just wondering what the point is of having so much RAM?  My friend
>just installed another 64 MB 100Mhz SDRAM in his PII 400.  He is running
>Windows '95.  This brings the total to 192MB.  All he does is play games and
>use the internet.  To the practical user, what difference, if any, would one
>see in performance?  Who would need it?  I think he just did it because he
>works on the theory "more is better".  He has a 12GB Hard Drive.  For a
>practical user this is a lot of space.  Where would one see the increased
>performance by boosting the SDRAM?  I think that his computer was running
>fine with 128MB SDRAM.  Are we going to see software in the near future that
>will require so much RAM?  I was just arguing with him and telling him that
>he doesn't need the extra 64MB SDRAM.  His defense is that he is looking
>toward the future.  I told him that he would have gotten his next computer
>before he needed that much RAM.  Well, anyway, my main question is:
>IS WHAT HE DID WISE?
>
>TIA,
>Michi
>