Hello everyone, I currently run SBS 7.6 (latest nightly per the date of
this post) on Win 7 x64 on a 4Ghz core i7 with the entire program and
its cache on RAMDisk. The system drive is a 80GB Intel SSD and it is
where the .prefs file resides. 

I have done everything in my power to make this web interface respond
fast and I must admit it does quite well. However I have noticed some
hiccups like how it needs to read the HDD (or the network location)
before showing album art on the web interface or on iPeng for that
matter. 

Given this behavior the only next step I see is to literally get 1TB of
SSDs to store my entire music collection on it. This would run maybe
$2000. 

So I am asking those who have run SBS on Windows and on Mac OS if it
really makes a speed difference by running on a Unix based OS. I am
seriously considering the new Mac Mini to run both iTunes and SBS. Then
I could use my PC only for HTPC and leave that power hungry monster in
sleep mode. I will of course be putting everything on RAMDisk even in
the Mac. I tried this on my Hackintosh and it works perfectly (My post
history will show the programs I used - it was very easy. Also a
RAMDisk on Mac can be set up in command line).

So does it run faster on a Unix based OS? Is Windows holding me back?


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