Minimum RAM for pedestrian use

I notice that iChat takes some 15 secs before it;s ready and some other things that make me feel the MacPro is a bit RAM starved.
What would be the minimum RAM for pedestrian use, WP, email, surfing, occasional Prp Tools LE?

iChat is probably checking for network connections, buddies, and other things during that time. And depends on your network hardware and settings as well as whether you like to see and be seen by others online.
These machines do need 2GB RAM or more, and some decent hard drives. The OEM drives early on were older models and not up to snuff, most go out and buy some new drives and 3rd party RAM right off the bat.
Not all Mac Pros get the type of bandwidth they should from their DSL and cable provider. Drivers, chipset have both been blamed, as well as Airport and weak wireless connections.
The minimum RAM is probably 1.5GB but that isn't an option. Also, older PPC programs run slower, at least on launching and first loading (Rosetta).
The biggest culprit is migrating PPC applications, not installing fresh, from a previous G4/G5 which will result in real problems, run like molasses, and require a fresh erase and reinstall of the OS. Migration Assistant is fine for data only.

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