Asus EeePC 900, 1GB RAM, up-to-date install of precise
nm-applet was using 6.4 MB of memory at initial boot.
Five hours later, that had increased to 49.1 MB, 6.1% of total.
There are about 18 or so WiFi access points visible.
So far, I've not noticed any unresponsive behaviour in the applet.
Asus EeePC 900, 1GB RAM, up-to-date install of precise
nm-applet was using 6.4 MB of memory at initial boot.
Five hours later, that had increased to 49.1 MB, 6.1% of total.
There are about 18 or so WiFi access points visible.
So far, I've not noticed any unresponsive behaviour in the applet.