Just as an on-topic remembrance, I remember when 8 came out and being majorly impressed. At the time I had a very sour taste in my mouth from 7.5.2, and 7.6 wasn't doing a lot to allay my disgust (even though a pyramid of dancing pigs on Vaseline was more stable than 7.5.2). OS 8 did a lot to restore my interest in Macs, and faith in Apple.

64MB should be just enough. I'd strongly consider RAM Doubler or Virtual Memory, though.