VM size too big?

[hehe299792458]

mine is currently at 42.98GB on startup. I have 4Gb of ram installed. Is that a bit too large?

 

[belvdr]

Not necessarily. It's no different than having a 60GB drive with 4GB of RAM.

 

[MacDawg]

mine is currently at 42.98GB on startup. I have 4Gb of ram installed. Is that a bit too large?

Why do you think it is too large?

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[hehe299792458]

Why do you think it is too large?

Woof, Woof - Dawg

This is on my umbp. on my mba, which only has 2Gb of ram, the vm size is only around 6-7Gb. I know that since the machines aren't identically configured, all comparisons are inaccurate, but the difference is quite dramatic

 

[belvdr]

True, but the VM size is nothing more than the image file size.

 

[Vanarak19]

run the compressor, I bet you get some space back. It takes about 1hr though.