it depends wether you are going to be running a lot of simple programs or few programs but require many calculations to be made
for example: if you are going to run many ie and microsoft office programs at one time than you should go with more ram
but if you are going to run programs that use scientific calculations then get less ram and a better processor
whats better to have. 1024 mb ram at 266 mhz or 512 mb of ram at 400 mhz?

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