No. SQL requires 1 GB, windows wants 1GB and running anything may take more. I personally use 4 GB of ram. it will run off 2GB but you will notice some latency 😉 for the licensing, you can do as previously mentioned and use the 180 trials. I use VMWare only because of an academic alliance through college. If not, I'd personally use Virtualbox because it's free and works well.