> An 8 gig stick of ram costs about thirty dollars. It doesn't make sense to run 4 these days.

It does not make sense if 4 Gb mean that you can only run a browser and Notepad.

If, however, you are a bit older and you remember the time that you had the choice between 4 MB and 8 MB and people were still able to do all their computer stuff, including internet, in a graphical environment, then you thoughts are more in the line of: what the fuck are these lazy and incompetent programmers doing these days? And this is coming from someone who earns a living as a developer.