[CUBE] New macs & processor upgrades

[Robert Jagitsch]

FYI we have seen ripping speeds of 32x using a 40x Yamaha firewire 
external and dual G4 processors.

>The bottleneck in ripping CDs to MP3 files in iTunes is not the 
>processor. While the processor's speed is a factor in the overall 
>speed of the rip, the fundamental variable before that is the 
>reading speed of the CD drive. By using a high speed external CD-RW 
>drive, you will realize much faster rips. I use a cheap LiteOn 
>40x12x48x drive ion an ADS Oxford 911 FireWire case. It rips while 
>reading the data @ 48x. Thus the ripping speed in a 500 MHz cube is 
>in excess of 7x almost all the time. The same holds true for other 
>Mac models. So Alan is correct that the external CD-RW ripping is 
>the way to go with any model Mac. Even the newest Towers only 
>provide a maximum CD reading speed of 32x from either the Combo 
>drive or the DVR-105 SuperDrive. The above external Lite On drive 
>reads 150% faster.


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