"what *can't* you do?" Using older versions of apps to do everyday work. Older versions and some new versions of mainstream apps run quite well in very little RAM. For example: "on this single 1 megabyte machine [a store] ran the entire store - payroll, scheduling, inventory, printing price labels - the works. In the middle of the night the machine called headquarters and uploaded orders and downloaded new price information, etc. The ENTIRE operation, including the software and hardware maintenance is done by 2 people in the Pasadena headquarters.