OS X how much HDD Space RAM and CPU is used

[tollickd]

Hi all

I am looking into buying a Mac soon and I am wondering how much Ram is used I now have a PC with 2gb RAM and Vista Home it uses 57% of the RAM when doing nothing and about 40% of the CPU also I see on Apple's site that Snow has a smaller footprint on the HDD.

Please can people post screen shots of meters in Mac OS X to show what your is running at and the Mac you are using.

 

[baggss]

At idle my wife's C2D iMac (10.6.2) uses about 15% CPU and 128Mb RAM (out of 1Gb). My Quad G5 (10.5.8) uses about 512Mb (out of 3Gb) and idles at about 12% CPU usage.

Those numbers will obviously vary based on what Apps are open and what the machine is doing with those Apps.

 

[CrimsonRequiem]

At idle my wife's C2D iMac (10.6.2) uses about 15% CPU and 128Mb RAM (out of 1Gb). My Quad G5 (10.5.8) uses about 512Mb (out of 3Gb) and idles at about 12% CPU usage.

Those numbers will obviously vary based on what Apps are open and what the machine is doing with those Apps.

That also applies for how long the machine has been running as well.