Re: [OT] iTunes question

[David Greaves <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Slimserver?
linked with an Aego2 it's tiny and sounds too good for the kitchen.

Or I suppose you could run a soft slimserver on a PC if you use it for
other
things too.

David


Mark McCall wrote:
> I've been using iTunes for years and never really minded it, apart
from the
> inability to "refresh" a collection held on my server.  But
the last couple
> of versions - the ones that say Loading Library on startup and Closing
> Library on shut down - are really awful.
>
> My wife's machine in the kitchen (reasonable P4 with a gig of ram, XP
Pro)
> grinds to a halt as soon as she runs iTunes these days, CPU at 100%
etc,
> awful.
>
> What else are people using on PCs to play from large library's?  I
need to
> find an alternative.
>
> Thanks
>
> M.