At 9:25 AM -0600 12/19/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>what is the minimum mac that I need to add to my home music
>arrangement in order to get a reliable, good-sounding music
>stream. I love the way itunes works on my new imac but not
>willing to commit that machine to the task.
As far as decoding/playing 128kbit mp3s goes, I *did* get
this to work on a 60MHz 6100 -- barely. (Had to reduce the sound
output of the machine to ~22kHz from ~44kHz and use a very minimalist
mp3 player.)
More practically, you'll probably be able to tolerate a
dedicated machine with about a 100MHz 601, or a 603e that's closer to
200MHz. I've run iTunes just fine on a 7200/90 and a 5400/180.
Don't plan to do much else while iTunes is running -- it keeps these
computers pretty busy. (Forget about the visuals, too!).
-Greg
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