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Switcher Hangout (Windows to Mac)
New MBP 2 weeks old, loving it. Few Q's.
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<blockquote data-quote="Levi" data-source="post: 458222" data-attributes="member: 33973"><p>Wired is the total RAM available to the system.</p><p></p><p>Active is the RAM that is been used currently.</p><p></p><p>Free is how much RAM you have free for new applications/processes.</p><p></p><p>Inactive is data that is being stored from applications that are running, but isn't currently being used, or from applications you've just closed. It means that should you re-open that app, or repeat an activity in an application that's already open it doesn't have to read the data from the disk again; it's already there. If there isn't enough free memory for what you want to do, then it will clean out some of the data from the inactive portion. It's all part of pre-emptive multitasking, and speeding things up... but you can just think of it as free memory just the same. (I hope I've explained that right).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Levi, post: 458222, member: 33973"] Wired is the total RAM available to the system. Active is the RAM that is been used currently. Free is how much RAM you have free for new applications/processes. Inactive is data that is being stored from applications that are running, but isn't currently being used, or from applications you've just closed. It means that should you re-open that app, or repeat an activity in an application that's already open it doesn't have to read the data from the disk again; it's already there. If there isn't enough free memory for what you want to do, then it will clean out some of the data from the inactive portion. It's all part of pre-emptive multitasking, and speeding things up... but you can just think of it as free memory just the same. (I hope I've explained that right). [/QUOTE]
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