iTunes 5, RAM hog?

spiers69 · September 9, 2005 9:08PM

hey there,

curerntly my computer is very RAM-sensitive, but it can run itunes 4.9 just fine. It's quick to start up and rarely jumps/skips.

what i want to know is how much RAM does iTunes 5 use when it's just playing songs? And also with the visualiser?

my friend tested in his computer and it seemed to use 110MB just for playing songs (which is about 5 times iTunes4.9).

also, is it quick to load?

BTW, im running a 1.25GHz eMac on 256mb here (upgrading the RAM is a chore i've yet to perform)

i-am-an-elf · September 9, 2005 9:27PM

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Originally posted by spiers69

hey there,

curerntly my computer is very RAM-sensitive, but it can run itunes 4.9 just fine. It's quick to start up and rarely jumps/skips.

what i want to know is how much RAM does iTunes 5 use when it's just playing songs? And also with the visualiser?

my friend tested in his computer and it seemed to use 110MB just for playing songs (which is about 5 times iTunes4.9).

also, is it quick to load?

BTW, im running a 1.25GHz eMac on 256mb here (upgrading the RAM is a chore i've yet to perform)

same computer, also having lag and skip problems with the new itunes, cept i got 1gig of RAM. i hate it, i feel like i'm on a dell. btw, i found that using the original apple mouse helps stop some of the lagging. i was using the MM before, what about you?

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i just checked activity moniter abd itunes uses 5% cpu and 40 mb or RAM when idle. RAM goes up to about 50 MB and cpu goes up to 10% when playing a song. Then, when i try to navigate in the menus, cpu goes up to 80%(from itunes only) and around 75 RAM. That is not good, even for this eMac

i-am-an-elf · September 9, 2005 9:58PM

ok, i was reading the FAQs in the genius bar "Read here first" folder, and i found that restarting my computer and holding control - option - p - r until the "start-up sound" pings 4 times. whatever it was supposed to do (i can't remember right now) it worked, cept it messed with my system preferences. reduced the cpu and RAM by a lot, but it is still higher than 4.9

ijmac · September 10, 2005 6:30AM

if it's any consolation I have a 1GHz eMac, 640RAM and I have no problems? Using the original mouse btw..

danielctull · September 10, 2005 7:21AM

I seem to be fine on a PowerBook G4 1.33GHz, with 512MB RAM.

telomar · September 10, 2005 7:26AM

Not sure what's going on with your installations but my memory ranges from 32 - 37MB and CPU time from 5% - 12%. Nothing substantial really.

a_greer · September 10, 2005 9:23AM

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Originally posted by Telomar

Not sure what's going on with your installations but my memory ranges from 32 - 37MB and CPU time from 5% - 12%. Nothing substantial really.

SAME here, I just wish they would have fixed the QT7 windows bugs before release because I want to update my windows units to itunes 5 but QT6.5 is hella lot more stable than 7.2 final on windows.

iTunes 5, RAM hog?

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