Widgets use too much ram

[CubaTBird]

hrm.. 22 megs for a dictionary? hrm...

 

[fatfish]

hrm.. 22 megs for a dictionary? hrm...

Get some more then

 

[Josh396]

Well after using Konfabulator I figured that the Apple widgets would be similar. It won't really bother me as long as the widgets are good. It's also another reason to buy more RAM.

 

[sjpetry]

That suck alot.

Their has to be something wrong(i hope)

 

[grapes911]

Its using about the same amount of memory as your Activity monitor.

 

[CubaTBird]

my system generally feels slower too.. is that just because spotlight is doing its thing? i mean not a lot slower..

 

[stcanard]

Umm, but that number means nothing.

If you're not showing dashboard (i.e. the widgets aren't active), and OSX needs that ram it will just swap them out.

The only possible effect you'll see is a slight pause showing dashboard when it tries to swap them back in. It will have zero effect on running apps.

 

[quagmire]

Tiger itself is ram hungry. I will be replacing the 512 MB( 2x 256 MB) that I got with my Powerbook, with a 1 GB stick. Just to keep tiger full and have plenty of ram left.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

You still got about half your RAM unused... what are you really complaining about...?

 

[CubaTBird]

You still got about half your RAM unused... what are you really complaining about...?

nothing, can't a dude just wonder? eeesh....

 

[jhujhiti]

The Wired value is the only one you should be worried about. That's the RAM that won't be swapped out. It's not unusual for long-lived processes to gradually eat tons of RAM, but it's no trouble as long as it's 1) legitimate and 2) not wired.