Is it strange to only have 15MB of free memory?

I restarted my uMBP, used it for a few minutes (iTunes, copying some files over from a DVD)... then checked my iSTat Pro widget to see:
Wired: 427mb
Active: 522mb
Inactive: 2.81gb
Free: 14mb
Only 14mb free?? Surely that's some mistake? I understand that Inactive memory is technically also free memory but still, surely the actual Free memory should be higher?
Can anyone put my mind at ease? It's my first mac ever so I'm a little concerned this isn't normal.

In short, it's not a bad thing at all to have the majority of your RAM tied up as inactive instead of free. Inactive RAM is just not currently being used. The data in it was previously used by some application that was run, and instead of throwing that data away, the OS keeps it incase it will be needed again. If the inactive RAM is needed by a more recent application, then it will allocate to the new application.
This article describes it very well:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342
--Travis

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