ram usage

Hi everyone, I'm planning to buy my first-ever Mac, and I'm looking at the 15-inch M4 MacBook Air. I'm only unsure about a few things - mainly the RAM configuration: 16GB or 24GB? I'm not planning to use Parallels as my main tool, but I'd like to run it occasionally (standard edition) to...

My plan is to use my MacBook Pro 14" for software engineering. I want to be able to work on Windows and Mac. Typically for Windows many would recommend to have at least 16GB of ram to run smoothly. I am using it primarily for running VS Code and Visual Studio. Will 18GB be even enough or do I...

I had reinstall Parallels. I noticed I couldn't put up the Resource Monitor, which I always have up to tell when I need to clear my caches. It tells the CPU and RAM for the MAC and PC. When reinstalled Parallels Tools or Toolbox, and when I pulled up the Resource Monitor it said the PC was...

I am looking to upgrade my computer from a 2016 MacBook pro with 16gb ram to a new 2021 mbp with either 16gb or 32gb of ram. trying to figure out if i need the 32gb as its an extra $400. i use parallels to run outlook and accounting software. on the mac side web browsing (multiple tabs open)...

Hey all My Windows 11 ARM VM (I believe it was the same with windows 10) is incredibly slow and unresponsive when using 4 or more GB of ram. It looks like the culprit is some kind of absurd ram usage. With the VM set to 4 or 8 gb of ram, ram usage is pegged around 98%+. It's unclear where this...

Hello community, I was running Parallels 14 with Windows 10 Pro 1909 and Mojave, I decided to do the full upgrade and upgraded to Catalina 10.15.6 and Windows 10 Pro 2004. I had to realize that Windows 10 became significantly slower so I checked the Task Manager for any disturbances. I then...