OS4.1 memory requirements

Just curious how much memory the OS4.1 requires? Right after boot I have about 350MB left of total 512MB RAM. OS4.0 wasn't that hungry if my memory serves me.

@AmiKit

You can't trust the free memory counter.

For the kernal caches it till it really needed.

So when a program frees a chunk of memory, the memory counter do not go up.

if youre really at the point where there is not more free memory, it starts to free up caches memory just enough to satify the alloc request. but the free memory counter is still not changed.

RWO

@AmiKit

I have 420 odd.
Got much in the WBStartup?

@TiredOfLife

It's a clean OS4.1 installation.

@AmiKit

As already said (here and in other threads), because of the new memory system there could be more free RAM than reported.
Anyway, to reduce memory wastage, you should tweak the system a bit. Start with removing the Kickstart modules you do not need (this will also speed up the booting process). There are several other things that can be done, f.ex. removing the xpk/xad libraries you do not need, stuff in WBStartup, heavy background pictures, etc.
Here, right after a boot, slightly less than 79.3 Mb are reported to be in use.

saimo