Does it? If you browse the web and run Excel, it makes sense to me that you wouldn't need the same specs as when running video games?
IMO developers should be forced to run on such computers, such that they would care a little bit about optimisation.
Depends what you're browsing and what's in your sheets? You can't play games on this computer then? How about a phone then? My 3 year old phone has 50% more RAM.