Does anyone really need 8GB of RAM?

http://www.jondavis.net/techblog/post/2009/02/13/Nine-Reasons-Why-8GB-Is-Only-Just-Enough-(For-A-Professional-Business-Software-Developer).aspx

Personally, I think this guy is just plain retarded.



_{Also, he is a bigger MS fanboy than most of /g/, but that isn't relevant to the conversation}

Who the fuck runs the follow at exactly the same time:
WinXP/2k3 - 500mb
IIS - 500mb
MS Office (multiple programs) - 700mb
SQL Server Dev - 1gb
SQL Server Manage - 1gb
Visual Studio - 1.5gb
App Being Developed - 800mb
IE - 1.7gb
VMWare - 2gb