Wow is all I can say right now. I am going to have to eat some of my words. But I'm a big enough guy to say I make mistakes. I can learn new tricks.
I work as an IT guy for a Private Company in SF, Ca. We have both a Dual Zeon Compaq PC and a Dual GHz G4 for our Graphics Department. I ran tests on both to see which computer would encode an MP3 faster from a CD. Here are the test subjects Specs. Dual 2GHz Zeon Compaq PC, with 1 GIG of Rambus memory, 18 GB Ultra SCSI Hard Drive, and a 48X CD-Rom Drive. Running Windows 2000 SP2. Dual 1GHz G4, with 1 GIG of PC133 memory, 80 GB ATA 66 HD, and a SuperDrive. Running Both OS 9.2.2 and OS 10.1.5 Test song was 7.51 MB. Using RecordNow Version 4.1 on the PC I was able to encode the song at 192KBS at 8.1X which took 40 Seconds. Using iTunes version 2.0.4 running Mac OS 9.2.2 I was able to encode that same song in 12.8X in 25 seconds (192KBS). I redid the test running OS 10.1.5 with both iTunes 2.0.4 and 3 and the results were 13.8X in 23.5 seconds. All I can say is I'm shocked. I had always read the PC Web Sites and just assumed there tests results were valid. I have a custom Built AMD PC at home which costs about a $1,000 dollars minus the monitor. I'm going home right to run the same test on it. I will get back to you later on the results. Good Call, Neil on 8/14/02 11:21 AM, Neil at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No, I haven't. How fast can a $1,000 PC encode an MP3 file? -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
