Just a quick update.

I upped the RAM to a full 2GB. I haven't noticed much difference in system response. What I have noticed is that according to "top", I now 1.7GB of free RAM wheres when I had 1.5GB of total ram, only 578 of that was free. Interesting.

Oh, photoshop (the whore that it is) does use a lot more RAM. Which is ok since it runs faster.

Pics to come soon.