With the light work I would be doing,4GB is going to have to suffice, with swapping, if necessary. My Asus has 4x SO-DIMM socket for expansion up tp 16GB, however I will have to get my feet wetter before I do. Once I find it is worth it, I will.

Bill, thank you for the tip on DAWs. I have Gig Performer as a vst host, and a setlist of Kontakt4,Halionsonic, and even BIAB as vst's. I have Cakewalk by Bandlab, but haven't gotten around to using it. I am probably wrong, but I thought you had to integrate everything in a DAW to produce midi sequences. Maybe not, after all.

I can't get it through my head, the relationship of a DAW to vst hosts, vst support at all,midi, and sound libraries.

This stuff ain't for the faint of heart, but I will soldier on.

Thanks gentlemen