Okay, this isn't really a big deal, but I thought I'd share it with you anyway, just in case there are some of you out there that can't (or shall I say THINK) buy a new iPod or iPad, just because their computer won't run iTunes 10. Just for the sake of testing things, I downloaded and installed iTunes 10 on my older machine from 2004. Specs are as follows:
Compaq Presario SR1010NX
256MB RAM
40GB Hard Drive
2.7GHz Celeron Processor.
64MB video memory. Not sure of the actual video card model.
Now, I remember when this was a fast machine, and to make it fast again, I reinstalled the whole operating system, and made sure I backed up everything I needed. Then, you'll be able to try harder not to pile up your computer with pointless things that just take up space. So, after I installed iTunes 10, it opened up. It wasn't a very fast loader, but it opened up after a minute or two. I have absolutely no music whatsoever on this computer, so what I did was use home sharing. I'm not sure if my choice made a big difference in speed or not. Anyway, it plays songs perfectly, and without any lag. If you run the visualizer, or any video, this is where you start to get some lag. For a sample, I played about 5 minutes of video on this machine, and every 10 seconds it would freeze. Everything else was fine, though. Even syncing my iPod touch. The reason for the "Apple sort of lied" title was because they said you need at LEAST 512MB of memory for running on windows. I had 256. Most everybody has more than 1GB now, but there are still a few people who still have that small amount of memory. I still have a 6GB quad core machine, but I almost use my old one more for internet browsing, updating this blog, and soon to be using iTunes 10 more!
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