iTunes 9 on a PowerBook G4?

[brent0saurus]

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone here has installed iTunes 9 on their PowerBook (or any older mac). i have the 1.67 GHz with 2 gb of ram and i'm afraid it won't be as fast as 8, especially because 8 already feels kind of bloated.
any feedback is greatly appreciated!

 

[cube]

It works fine on a 1.8 GHz Cube without L3 and only 100 MHz bus.

 

[cube]

iTunes 9 resident size: around 200 MiB

 

[cube]

Playback: upto 17% CPU (just the iTunes part).

 

[RKO]

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone here has installed iTunes 9 on their PowerBook (or any older mac). i have the 1.67 GHz with 2 gb of ram and i'm afraid it won't be as fast as 8, especially because 8 already feels kind of bloated.
any feedback is greatly appreciated!

I loaded iTunes 9 on my old powerbook 1.67G also with 2G RAM and it performs better than 8. Hope this helps

 

[brent0saurus]

I loaded iTunes 9 on my old powerbook 1.67G also with 2G RAM and it performs better than 8. Hope this helps

just what i wanted to here! thanks peter!

 

[thfump]

Funny to hear others talk about speed improvements with iTunes 9! Running it on my G4 PB 1.67GHz is slower than molasses. Turned off every bell and whistle in Prefs, but to no avail.

Then I pulled up Activity Monitor, and what does it say? -- 55-60% CPU usage while I'm just scrolling through a playlist. Just scrolling! No wonder it feels like I'm running it on a Performa. Something is very, very wrong.

Any ideas? / Any tips on downgrading?

 

[AdeFowler]

Installed and loving it on my 1.5 PowerBook (still the best computer I've ever owned).

7203 songs. Launches and loads up fairly quickly. Even coverflow if very useable.

 

[hodgeheg]

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone here has installed iTunes 9 on their PowerBook (or any older mac). i have the 1.67 GHz with 2 gb of ram and i'm afraid it won't be as fast as 8, especially because 8 already feels kind of bloated.
any feedback is greatly appreciated!

I'm using iTunes 9 on a 1.67GHz 15" DLSD/high res powerbook and it runs like a dream. The searching isn't as quick as on a more modern machine, but it's still absolutely fine. Music playback has been flawless, and the interface is responsive. Even coverflow works fine. I have about 14GB of music and 20GB of videos. 9 is more responsive on this machine than 8 was on a 2.1GHz white macbook.

I'm weird, so I only actually bought this machine last week. I love it!

 

[thfump]

Well, installing the 9.0.1 update seems to have made it as fast for me as iTunes 8 was. 9.0.1 does claim to fix some freezing/speed issues . . .

Hope that works for other people, too.

 

[rocketman77]

itunes 9 + Powerbook G4. No go!!

HELP!!!!!!!

I have (well my Dad actually) a Powerbook G4 running 10.4.0 & brought my Dad a new Nano for his Bday to ween him off his CDs...you can guess whats coming next.

Downloaded itunes 9. Doesnt work on the laptop, says it needs 10.4.9 to run. Tried to update the OS & cant.

Any ideas???

(Yes I know the answer is I should have brought him vouchers )

 

[Eric S.]

HELP!!!!!!!

I have (well my Dad actually) a Powerbook G4 running 10.4.0 & brought my Dad a new Nano for his Bday to ween him off his CDs...you can guess whats coming next.

10.4.0?? Does your dad not change the oil in his car either?

Downloaded itunes 9. Doesnt work on the laptop, says it needs 10.4.9 to run. Tried to update the OS & cant.

Any ideas???

Well what happens when you try to update? Are you using Software Update? Did you try to download the 10.4.11 update separately and run it?

 

[macsrule25]

HELP!!!!!!!

I have (well my Dad actually) a Powerbook G4 running 10.4.0 & brought my Dad a new Nano for his Bday to ween him off his CDs...you can guess whats coming next.

Downloaded itunes 9. Doesnt work on the laptop, says it needs 10.4.9 to run. Tried to update the OS & cant.

Any ideas???

(Yes I know the answer is I should have brought him vouchers )

wow. i have a powerbook 64(soon to get macbook pro 15") and it is running 10.5.8, specs are as follows: 1.67 GHz PowerPC G4, 1GB DDR2 SDRAM, 70 GB HD. and itunes 9 works perfectly. btw try searching apple.com for the appropriate upgrade for the operating system.