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Slow CDROM access...
heljy:
...on my ibook 600Mhz.
I tried copying a divx file of about 200MB and it takes about 10 mins!!
Playing back of the file from the cdrom is choppy too.
Why is that so? Is the cdrom on the ibook really slow?!?
BTW, how do we see how much ram we have on the system?
rtgwbmsr:
RAM Check:
Apple Menu (Upper left hand corner) > "About this Mac"
It'll tell you the processor speed and how much RAM.
About the slow file transfers; I don't know. If the CD and HDD are on the same bus/channel/cable (which I think they are) it would be slower. Laptop HDDs are slower anyway. It takes 7 mins for me to move a 535 MB file from one partition of my HDD to another on my upgraded PowerBook (20 GB Fujitsu Drive).
FYI = HDD is Hard [Disk] Drive
Kintaro:
I thought HDD was "Holy Data Destroyer"
heljy:
I have experience having both the hdd and the cdrom on the same channel before and have no problems(at least on my PC and my Wintel notebooks)
For the ibook, it got so annoying that I have to copy the divx file from the cd to the hdd to be able to watch it properly... :(
I have the cdrom drive, anyone with the dvdrom or the dvd/cdrw drive have the same problem?
psyjax:
quote:Originally posted by heljy:
I have the cdrom drive, anyone with the dvdrom or the dvd/cdrw drive have the same problem?
--- End quote ---
No.
BTW, for good playback it is allways advisable to copy files to the HD first. It is not necissarly the computers fault as media files can be fragmented across the surface of a CD. It might actually be the quality of the burn.
The other case is that you may have an older iBook.... no.... I have watched media on the first gen clamshell iBooks with no problems. I would sauy it's the CD.
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