Ok, I just did a test, Im running dashboard widget called iStatNano
1. I shut down Parallel and noted the memory,
- wired = 237mb
- inactive = 475mb
- free = 757mb
- active = 559mb
- used = 1.24gb
- swap = 512mb
2. staring parallels without starting guest OS
- wired = 239mb
- inactive = 604mb
- free = 622mb (Remember Parallels takes 96mb regardless)
- active = 563mb
- used = 1.37gb
- swap = 512mb
3. Booted into Guest host, (note i have my Parallels set to use 800mb for all VMs
- wired = 802mb
- inactive = 619mb
- free = 36mb
- active = 568mb
- used = 1.95gb
- swap = 512mb
Your milage may vary but you can use the value to come up with your answer ;-)
Last edited: Aug 29, 2006