wondering why 1 gig is being used while nothing is running?

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it's is because it doesn't need more than what it's using. it's fine that it isn't sucking your system dry.
 
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That link helped me a ton with this "issue" before. Coming from a Windows/Linux world where memory is simply free, or used, the 4 different "types" of memory usage in OS X can be confusing

Actually Linux memory management works very similarly to OS X:
Linux Memory FAQ said:
The biggest place it's being used is in the disk cache, which is currently over 290 MB. This is reported by top as "cached". Cached memory is essentially free, in that it can be replaced quickly if a running (or newly starting) program needs the memory.
So Cached RAM is much like the Inactive RAM presented in OS X. Its not too much different.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/FAQ_Linux_Memory_Management

Hope that helps draw some parallels for you!
 

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