RAM use with Parallels V1970 and WinXP

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac' started by hassiman, Jan 13, 2007.

  1. hassiman

    hassiman Member

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    When I start my WinXP SP2 VM in Parallels V1970 the "Wired" ram usage on my MacPro jumps from a negliable 1.38 Megs to whopping 1.18 GIGS! and this is without XP doing anything at all.:confused:

    Is this normal RAM use? When The VM is shut down the RAM is released
     
    hassiman, Jan 13, 2007
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  2. palter

    palter Hunter

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    How much RAM did you give to your VM? Under Preferences, how much RAM did you ask Parallels to reserve? It will wire all the RAM needed for the VM.
     
    palter, Jan 13, 2007
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  3. hassiman

    hassiman Member

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    RAM usage

    I set RAM at 1GB... Does that mean it takes it even though the app in VM is not using it?:eek:
     
    hassiman, Jan 13, 2007
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  4. VTMac

    VTMac Pro

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    Sure sounds like that's what's happens. I'm not running 1970, but I can tell you on 1940 and the 3120, that doesn't happen for me.
     
    VTMac, Jan 13, 2007
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