tech im using

Macbook Pro 2.33Ghz 3Gig Ram

Parallels (run windows in Mac OS – why I need 3gig ram!)

Intellij Idea (the coolest IDE ever, but another reason I need 3gig ram…)

JBoss 4.x (web/app server and the 3rd reason for the 3gig of ram!)

MySql 5