The manufacturers should install at least 1.5gb RAM in ANY machine, but
they don't purely to keep the price down.


I agree. Why do MS not suggest this to PC vendors?
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MS shouldn't have to tell anybody. The manufacturers are well aware..

Yes, that is true, but I think there are more than enough MS product users
in the world to justify them making a few recommendations/insistance on our
behalf?
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