Cattail_Nu
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Ah, right! Thanks! I was zipping through several threads. The post ought to turn up in searches. Moderators can move it if they like.
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No problem, and it seems it is likely as I suspected. 1 GB is usually enough for just OS X and up to a few programs, but with Parallels it likely isn't enough. To confirm this, open the programs you use while Parallels is open, then open Activity Monitor (located in Applications > Utilities) and go to the "System Memory" tab. Take down the number of page outs. Open Parallels and start the programs you usually use in Windows. Now go back to Activity Monitor and see what the number of page outs is. If there is a large difference then you need more RAM, and once you get more RAM then Parallels shouldn't slow everything else down.
OK, I seem to be having a similar problem, but I have 2 gig of RAM, 1 Gig in each bank. My activity monitor shows 76414 page outs when Parallels is not on and 6-700 MB free space. But when I start Parallels and IE7 (To use Quickbooks Online) page outs goes to 82,315 and free memory drops to 25-25 MB. Do I have to quit almost every Mac side program to keep Parallels running well? The problems I'm having with QBOE have become so frustrating I am trying to convert to a desktop version, and cannot download the data file. I don't have any problems on the Mac side, speed is great, but I'm also thinking of going back to a two computer solution, very unhappily. :-(
Sorry, a little more. This Activity Monitor idea seems very odd. I rebooted the entire computer and without starting any Mac programs (just finder and Dashboard) then started Parallels and IE7 and QBOE. Total page outs: Zero. Add Firefox on Mac, total page outs: 166.
The Free Memory is still down to 24MB, but I think the comment about the Automatic memory allocation covered this. Parallels uses whatever is available.
The Free Memory is still down to 24MB, but I think the comment about the Automatic memory allocation covered this. Parallels uses whatever is available.