imported_gusmahler
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I was just issued a new laptop computer at work. The old one was a 1.7 GHz Centrino with 512 MB RAM and Windows 2000. The current one is a 1.5 GHz Centrino with 512 MB RAM and Windows XP (which is the reason for the switch--OS "upgrade").
My old computer ran iTunes 4 absolutely fine. Unlike the computer previous to that one, I never had any stuttering problems with that, despite the fact that it was reading MP3 files from an external hard drive. No matter how many programs I had running, it would play my MP3s perfectly.
The current computer, I'm not so lucky. iTunes 6 starts stuttering (a fraction of a second pause every couple of minutes) as soon as you start it up. Within 4 songs or so, the stuttering becomes so bad (pausing several times per second), that it is unlistenable.
I tried changing the setting in Quicktime preferences to Wave Out, but it didn't help.
So I tried both Windows Media Player and WinAmp. They both stutter. Not as bad as iTunes (they do the fraction of a second pause every couple of minutes, but it doesn't get to the state of doing multiple pauses per second), but still annoying as hell. Can anyone help?
My old computer ran iTunes 4 absolutely fine. Unlike the computer previous to that one, I never had any stuttering problems with that, despite the fact that it was reading MP3 files from an external hard drive. No matter how many programs I had running, it would play my MP3s perfectly.
The current computer, I'm not so lucky. iTunes 6 starts stuttering (a fraction of a second pause every couple of minutes) as soon as you start it up. Within 4 songs or so, the stuttering becomes so bad (pausing several times per second), that it is unlistenable.
I tried changing the setting in Quicktime preferences to Wave Out, but it didn't help.
So I tried both Windows Media Player and WinAmp. They both stutter. Not as bad as iTunes (they do the fraction of a second pause every couple of minutes, but it doesn't get to the state of doing multiple pauses per second), but still annoying as hell. Can anyone help?
