What to do with 256meg ram

[kolla]

You can run more programs at once and handle larger datas. For example work with longer animations in Deluxe Paint and coordinate them with sound and music in SCALA or what have you, without needing to close the programs you are working with.

[kolla]

256 meg or more is also close to essential if you do any compiling of medium to large sized projects.

Yeah, especially if you do C++.