I thought i'd copy this over from the parallels forum to the more active forum here. Thanks in advance for understanding.
System resources used by parallels with XP vs Vista (?)
Hello,
I just got my MacBook Pro stolen.
So, I'm going to buy a new one and I'm thinking about how occasionally when running parallels with XP my computer would get extremely slow. I would check my system resources, and from my little knowledge of computers, it appeared that my free memory was like 12 megs and my unused was also low. I was boggled by this since I had 2 gigs of memory. I was wondering if parallels mainly eats memory or processing power?
Should I get 3 gigs of ram to get things to run more smoothly?
Should I run XP or vista on parallels on my new system? What are the system resources that get used with each? thanks!
System resources used by parallels with XP vs Vista (?)
Hello,
I just got my MacBook Pro stolen.
So, I'm going to buy a new one and I'm thinking about how occasionally when running parallels with XP my computer would get extremely slow. I would check my system resources, and from my little knowledge of computers, it appeared that my free memory was like 12 megs and my unused was also low. I was boggled by this since I had 2 gigs of memory. I was wondering if parallels mainly eats memory or processing power?
Should I get 3 gigs of ram to get things to run more smoothly?
Should I run XP or vista on parallels on my new system? What are the system resources that get used with each? thanks!