I noticed finder using alot more than in Tiger, but overall I think the memory management is alot better than in Tiger.
I wouldn't make the assumption. Don't forget Coverflow, and QuickView built in. THink of Preview App and FinderApp with part of iTunes running at the same time.
I just realized that Finder is using 92 MB of RAM, and Adium is using a whopping 146 MB. I'm not even using them right now! They're just open. Is this normal behavior?
Leopard looks normal to me.
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This is right after I rebooted. My Finder jumps up to 35MB as I do my work, but Adium remains at 22MB. And don't mind my Firefox -- I have 12 tabs running so yeah..
Wait a minute, I noticed some new things... is the VM size usually that huge?
Mine on my MacBook Pro is 38.14GB. 2nd, I remember it used to be that it would show the actual number of page ins and outs, now it has the size of the page ins/outs.
I guess the real question is what happens to Safari's ram usage when you open more programs? What is wrong with Safari using 550mb of ram if nothing else is using it as long as it gives it back if another process needs it? Personally, I like to see the memory utilised as much as possible rather than being sat there unused...