My netbook was originally 1GB so I bought a 2GB stick for dirt cheap, something like $20 or so. And this may sound painful but on the 10.1" screen I would have

My netbook was originally 1GB so I bought a 2GB stick for dirt cheap, something like $20 or so. And this may sound painful but on the 10.1" screen I would have 2 windows next to each other, split vertically so each taking up half the screen, and it was fine.