If you were to log in, you'd be able to get more information on your fellow community member.
Well, I'm a graphic designer, so the nerd factor here is very low, but I surf the net compulsively and repeatedly all day long with all kinds of tasks sitting simultaneously in 300+megs of ram (huge photoshop files, long quark docs, Quicken accounts, and my mac very seldom crashes. Upgrade to system 8.1 or later, use freePPP 2.6.2 or later to long on with, use Communicator 4.4 or later (or Nav. 4.7) to browse, and Eudora Pro 4 or later for mail, and you won't crash much.