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2GB isn't useless by any definition of the word. The way Linux (and pretty much every other OS out there) uses RAM for filesystem cache and a whole host of other things makes the old saying "you can never have too much memory" pretty much true.
On 512MB if you've never seen more than ~300MB used you must have your XP VM down to what? 96MB?
what if you have a little bit of current running through the RAM chips all the time (even while powered-down)? Then you could use it as storage space... of course, when the power goes out, you're screwed haha
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