How Much RAM to Run Debian?

[RobertF.]

I'd like to run Debian 7 inside Parallels Desktop for Mac Mavericks on a MacBook Air. How much RAM does my laptop need to run OSX and Parallels/Debian comfortably? By the way, I don't need to run Windows, just Debian.

Thanks.

 

[Abdul@Parallels]

Hello RobertF.,

- Please follow the steps as suggested at http://kb.parallels.com/113649 to change the RAM memory in VM.
- For information about Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, refer http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5842
- For information about Debian 7, refer https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch03s04.html.en

Thanks,
Abdul

 

[Parallels User]

I'd like to run Debian 7 inside Parallels Desktop for Mac Mavericks on a MacBook Air. How much RAM does my laptop need to run OSX and Parallels/Debian comfortably? By the way, I don't need to run Windows, just Debian.

Thanks.

You'll be able to run with the standard 4 GB RAM if you assign 512 MB to Debian which is the minimum with a desktop environment. If you assign 1 GB you might start having some performance issues if you have lots of apps open on OS X side. Anything more than this I recommend getting the MBA with 8 GB RAM.