"The program won't start" is straightforward and a short script will quickly identify the real problem.
"On Tuesdays when I alt-tab to Backgammon, my save file is corrupted" is much tougher to immediately identify as out of memory.
Telling users no at the beginning yields far fewer negative feelings than letting them get invested and then experience a major problem, blocker, or just constant random irritations
"On Tuesdays when I alt-tab to Backgammon, my save file is corrupted" is much tougher to immediately identify as out of memory.
Telling users no at the beginning yields far fewer negative feelings than letting them get invested and then experience a major problem, blocker, or just constant random irritations