App Store says I need more memory to download Mountain Lion.

System says ineed 2GB of memory, but I have plenty of memory.  What is going on?

Well, from the disk utility, it says I have 117.34 GB available.  I am not a computer person at all so perhaps I am misunderstanding what this is telling me:
Capacity :          124.42 GB (124,419,833,856 Bytes)
           Format :          Mac OS Extended (Journaled)          Available :          117.34 GB (117,341,642,752 Bytes)
           Owners Enabled :          Yes          Used :          7.08 GB (7,078,191,104 Bytes)
           Number of Folders :          89,034          Number of Files :          292,500
Where am I supposed to look to find this out?

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