Oh yes, more space is great so that you can make/rip things and not worry. I am constantly burning DVDs to get stuff off my laptop for space. I am putting things on right now so that I can burn them for my sister and it is a balancing act.

510MB is a really weird number for RAM. It's also low, I was using 512 for ages and finally got fed up and got another 1GB for my birthday and now I'm in love with my Lappy again, hurrah.