Optimum memory settings for Parallels 4 on a MacBook?

Optimum memory settings for Parallels 4 on a MacBook?

I've got a last-generation black MacBook with a 2.4 GHz Core Duo processor and 2GB RAM. Parallels 4 is running all right, but holds the rest of the machine hostage in terms of performance, even though there's still available memory and processing power. What can I do to get more balanced performance for when I need to switch between Windows and OS X?

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"Just FYI -- In every case I have seen, you will see a performance gain in switching to Parallels 5....

But to answer your question, what applications are you running? That is a fairly important issue here...

But, with the 2Gb of RAM, you will want to probably allocation between 512 and 768 Mb of Ram. Defintely no more than 768. Please start at 512 Mb, and slowly work your way up to a max of 768.

Why? You are basically reserving up to 1 Gb for the Mac OS... Within the 1 Gb ""free"", Parallels will consume some memory, leaving up to 768 MB of Ram for the Virtual Machine.

Please consider at least upgrading to 3 or 4 gb of ram. I have seen nice improvements in virtual machine behavior when more memory is available."