How much memory am I using?

wakerider017 · Oct 1, 2006

Hey Just want to know how to read how much memory I am using...

(I know how to tell in Win XP, But this is confusing...)

Here is a SS:

I am thinking about upgrading to 2GB as I use photoshop and other intensive programs frequently...

mad jew · Oct 1, 2006

You're using roughly 550MB of RAM. Here's a good page on Apple's site about reading Activity Monitor. Basically Inactive Memory is RAM that was being used by a process/app, is now not needed, but is still assigned to that process/app just in case it is needed again. However, it can easily be overwritten and used for a different process/app.

wakerider017 · Oct 2, 2006

mad jew said:
You're using roughly 550MB of RAM. Here's a good page on Apple's site about reading Activity Monitor. Basically Inactive Memory is RAM that was being used by a process/app, is now not needed, but is still assigned to that process/app just in case it is needed again. However, it can easily be overwritten and used for a different process/app.

Thanks!

I hate your avatar btw

mad jew · Oct 3, 2006

Haha, fair enough.

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