Rip speed slower with imacg5 versuz emacg4

Question

Hi there,
Can anyone explain why an emac G4 1,25 chz.1G ram OSX 10.3.9 rips an audio cd in itunes 6.0 TWICE the speed than a brand new Imac isight G5 1G ram 20inch OSX 10.4.3 in itunes 6.0.1.??? I allready caled the aplle care support and tried some testing no results , I went to the aplle center and tested on their Imac isight G5 1G ram 20inch same speed as mine. Do i have a SUPER emac or is the new imac just slower???

Answer 1

Hi SJP. The DL superdrive in the iMac G5 iSight reads CD's at 24x.
The single layer superdrive in the eMacs read CD's at 32x.
THis seems to be the price we pay for having a dual layer slot loading drive.
If its any consolation the iMac superdrive WRITES at 24x, though, whereas the eMac superdrive only wrote at 16x (or, at least, this was the case with the last model that I could find specs for).
When I bought my Pb12 a couple of years back, one of the reasons that I opted for a combo drive over a superdrive for an internal burner was its far better performance with CD's. I think a case can still be made for getting an external FW burner for frequent use with Superdrive equipt iMacs and the like. They are usually significantly faster for both CD and DVD work.
Cheers
Rod