# of processes running on avarage ?

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how many processes do you have running at once? is there a normal amount upon startup or is it totally dependent on your app settings. i currently have 52. this is right after startup with no apps open except FireFox and Adium.
 
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I currently have 69 processes.
 
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58 here. 7 applications on my doc (including Activity Monitor).
 

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Processes: 65 total, 2 running, 63 sleeping... 241 threads
 
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After shutting down a couple of unused widgets, 54.
 

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