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iMac "350" vs iMac Rev B and Music CDs
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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Hi,
I had an iMac rev b with 256 Mb of Ram and used the machine all the time to play cds and import MP3. I have used both OS9 and OSX. I recently acquired an iMac "350". I thought this would be great because my import speed should impove. It didn't!
In OSX on iMac B I get 1.2x import speed. In OSX on iMac "350" I get 0.3x import speed. I also can not play CDs in the "350" without skipping. The Rev B iMac played them fine.
What gives??? 
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Originally posted by Jeffrey P. Kempster:
<STRONG>Hi,
I had an iMac rev b with 256 Mb of Ram and used the machine all the time to play cds and import MP3. I have used both OS9 and OSX. I recently acquired an iMac "350". I thought this would be great because my import speed should impove. It didn't!
In OSX on iMac B I get 1.2x import speed. In OSX on iMac "350" I get 0.3x import speed. I also can not play CDs in the "350" without skipping. The Rev B iMac played them fine.
What gives??? </STRONG>
How similar are the two machines in their setup?
Same amount of RAM? Same options in iTunes (or whatever program you're using to 'import' (also called 'ripping')) ?
Have you tried, using the same CD, and is the CD scratched?
This deserves some greater thought.
Victor Marks
[email protected]
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Originally posted by vmarks:
<STRONG>
How similar are the two machines in their setup?
Same amount of RAM? Same options in iTunes (or whatever program you're using to 'import' (also called 'ripping')) ?
Have you tried, using the same CD, and is the CD scratched?
This deserves some greater thought.
Victor Marks
[email protected]</STRONG>
The iMac rev B had 256Mb and the iMac 350 has 320. In my test both machines had OSX 10.0.4 and itunes 1.1.1 both were setup to do 160K for import quality. I used two test CDs in both machines. One was a CD I had burned and one was a store bought CD.
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iBook 800Mhz/640MB/40GB/Combo/Airport/10.2.3/9.2.2
iMac 500/256MB ram/30GB HD/CD-RW/10.2.3/9.2.2
1008 Legal MP3s :D
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Thats probably because you are in OS X 10.0.4. Wait for 10.1. If you really want to see how fast they rip, boot into OS 9 and use classic iTunes. Speeds will dramatically increase.
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