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| Thread ID: 75386 | 2006-12-27 06:37:00 | Is there really anything so bad about apple? | Dannz (1668) | PC World Chat |
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| 510124 | 2006-12-28 09:56:00 | Interesting, a 4 minute song just took me 12.1 seconds to rip to HD...... so, is that good bad or otherwise, using what program. I have found it has a lot to do with the condition of the discs |
plod (107) | ||
| 510125 | 2006-12-28 10:01:00 | Good, bad or otherwise?.........Just faster then I expected. Tried with Cdex and Windows Media Player, CD in new condition. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 510126 | 2006-12-28 21:28:00 | Interesting, a 4 minute song just took me 12 . 1 seconds to rip to HD . . . . . . Well, I can't match that, and wouldn't expect to, but I do get a typical rip time of 20% of playtime, i . e . a 30 minute CD would take 5-6 minutes and I'm pretty happy with that . It is only a PIII 550 with 512MB RAM so I can't expect miracles . I look forward to much faster processing when I get up to date early in the new year . I'm just assembling my want list, then I'll be seeking advice on how many terrible mistakes I am about to make! The only thing set in concrete so far is a Lian Li PC-1000A case, and the budget is up to $3000 but I expect to stay under $2750 . OS will be XP-Pro which I already have . I'm not looking for bleeding edge technology, solid reliability is the aim . The biggest demand will probably be the occasional flight sim session and that won't be the latest version with all the eye-candy either . Cheers Billy *<8-{)= |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 510127 | 2006-12-28 22:08:00 | Personally I wouldn't get it engraved, as if it is lost or stolen, you are unlikely to get it back anyway. :( Im not getting it engraved with my name, that wasnt what i planned. |
Dannz (1668) | ||
| 510128 | 2006-12-28 23:35:00 | Well, I can't match that, and wouldn't expect to, but I do get a typical rip time of 20% of playtime, i . e . a 30 minute CD would take 5-6 minutes and I'm pretty happy with that . It is only a PIII 550 with 512MB RAM so I can't expect miracles . I look forward to much faster processing when I get up to date early in the new year . I'm just assembling my want list, then I'll be seeking advice on how many terrible mistakes I am about to make! The only thing set in concrete so far is a Lian Li PC-1000A case, and the budget is up to $3000 but I expect to stay under $2750 . OS will be XP-Pro which I already have . I'm not looking for bleeding edge technology, solid reliability is the aim . The biggest demand will probably be the occasional flight sim session and that won't be the latest version with all the eye-candy either . Cheers Billy *<8-{)= so you can safely say it's not itunes holding you back but the hardware, you are just meeting the min spec for itunes |
plod (107) | ||
| 510129 | 2006-12-29 00:56:00 | so you can safely say it's not itunes holding you back but the hardware, you are just meeting the min spec for itunes Itunes requires a minimum of 512mb RAM? I didn't realise it was that bloated. I gave itunes a try, but found winamp more to my liking. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 510130 | 2006-12-29 02:36:00 | Itunes requires a minimum of 512mb RAM? I didn't realise it was that bloated. I gave itunes a try, but found winamp more to my liking. it needs to 256mb ram min, and a 500mhz processor. Surely you don't run your OS on min specs? I imported the same disc again but closed all other apps, no difference in speed |
plod (107) | ||
| 510131 | 2006-12-29 02:50:00 | oh dear.. how sidetracked... anyway Im ordering the ipod on thursday when the banks are open (30gb ipod video - black, with engraving :) ) Thanks to all the replied. You can go back to your debate about iTunes now :p |
Dannz (1668) | ||
| 510132 | 2006-12-29 03:58:00 | 512mb minimum for itunes? That explains a lot, what a bloated piece of crap. The next apple fanboy to promote that pos should be tarred and feathered. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 510133 | 2006-12-29 08:11:00 | iTunes 7 works fine on a 1GHz PowerBook with 256MB of RAM. I don't have a lower spec computer easily accessible to try it on, but it would probably be fine on lower specs (the older versions certainly were). I have iTunes running now and the Activity Monitor says it is using 34.58MB of system memory. I'm sure you will enjoy your new iPod Daniel. :) |
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