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36. Know How Much Is Enough

 

Bare Minimum

Average user

Supergeek

Digital cameras

2 megapixels (E-mail photos to buddies)

5 megapixels (Print out 4"-by-6" for display)

10 megapixels (Move over, Annie Leibovitz)

Cell phone minutes

50 prepaid (Keep in car for emergencies)

500 (Weekly calls to all the kids)

1,000+ (What's a landline?)

Internet access

56k modem (E-mail weekly)

Cable or DSL (E-mail daily)

T1 line (You are a Tauren in World of Warcraft)

Laptop memory

512 MB (Word processing)

1G (Internet surfing and e-mail)

2G+ (You know there is still an outdoors, yes?)