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4 gb of ram is so much. 8 GB is definitely overkill unless you are planning on doing something involving video. With ableton you would actually be fine with 1 or 2 gb, 4 gb is plenty.
I got mine with 4 GB of RAM. There's not really a good reason to go with less RAM, because RAM is so cheap. Honestly, if you don't want to spend a lot on day trading computers, then don't. A plain vanilla dual core will do just fine. Just don't go any lower than 2 GB RAM. About the operating system - a lot of guys love Windows XP pro......it's time to move on.....Windows 7 - 64 bit is great, I love it.