iTunes 10.4 - Now 64-Bit!

MikeHunt79 · 21 Jul 2011 at 19:08

So is 64 bit code always faster than 32 bit code?

Or are the only speed gains due to the fact that the code has access to more than 2gb of RAM?

phil0316 · 21 Jul 2011 at 19:24

It should also be able to take advantage of the 64bit architecture of the CPU, so increased performance should be seen.

MikeHunt79 · 21 Jul 2011 at 19:40

phil0316 said:
It should also be able to take advantage of the 64bit architecture of the CPU, so increased performance should be seen.

I see, that makes sense, thanks.

uniQ · 21 Jul 2011 at 20:28

iTunes is definitely much snappier now. However still prefer using Ecoute for my iTunes library.

box · 22 Jul 2011 at 02:30

Beware those of you on SL who are downloading this and about to upgrade to Lion. After you've installed Lion, you'll have to download iTunes all over again as Lion doesn't ship with 10.4, and the version it does ship with can't read the music library created by 10.4 on SL. Not a biggy, but worth mentioning

Emlyn_Dewar · 22 Jul 2011 at 08:54

Logsi said:
iTunes has always been an absolute dog on windows.

I had always found it to be the opposite, on all my recent Windows machines iTunes has been fine.
On OSX performance has been grim, it's definitely clawed it back after this update though.

Logsi · 22 Jul 2011 at 09:49

Emlyn_Dewar said:
I had always found it to be the opposite, on all my recent Windows machines iTunes has been fine.
On OSX performance has been grim, it's definitely clawed it back after this update though.

Were the computers of similar specs?

Emlyn_Dewar · 22 Jul 2011 at 10:10

Pretty much, either AMD X2/first gen X3 or Core2 based laptop in comparison to this macbook, even re-installed the OS a couple of times.
It was just when scrolling through the library or opening higher bitrate songs that I noticed it most. I've noticed a good improvement after the update.

bsoltan · 22 Jul 2011 at 10:38

Downloaded the update for Windows last night (presumably to 64-bit) but I'm yet to restart the PC. -_-

Main problem I have with iTunes is the App List for iPhone and iPad is always really slow to navigate, trying to scroll up and down to find an App for example, very frustrating. Everything else kind of works ok but I only use it for syncing my devices and downloading podcasts and Apps.