Is 1GB really enough?

Considering getting a mini as a partner/backup to my notebook BUT im stomped between getting 1GB or 2GB of RAM.
I always have safari, mail, itunes, quicktime, yahoo/msn messenger and use office regularly.
With the intel macs i hear rosetta eats alot of ram. So i'm thinking i should play it safe and get 2GB but something keeps banging "waste of money" at the back of my head
I checked activity montior on my current machine and it says i've used 1.18GB (i have 2GB insalled). I guess thats evidence to go 2GB right?

All these things considered would make me hesitant to get the Mac Mini with 2gb of ram
I too had the same thoughts when I bought my Mac mini with 2GB RAM. The thing is, what needs to be considered in to what use you want your system to take.
Given my use (data/media server and general process dog's body as well as the sentry point between our internal network and the Internet) the fact that the mini is as small as it is, has no display and has less overall power usage than the ATi X1900 XT graphics card in my Mac Pro alone makes it far better than any other Mac I can buy today.
Is the iMac better overall value if you need/want all the things it provides… yes. There are many cases however when it's not.
By the way, to answer the original post… 1GB should be enough for an average user/uses just like it is with a PowerPC Mac as long as you can completely avoid the use of Rosetta. The GMA 950 really only take 80MB so that's not a big issue. It's a common misunderstanding that Intel binaries require more RAM that the equivalent PowerPC binaries… they don't. The only difference is the RAM usage of Rosetta which can sometimes be as large as 400-500MB.

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