enriquez Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Hello all. I have an old slow computer, PI 233 MMX processor and 128 MB RAM. SonicStage says the requirement is a PII 400. Has anyone tried running SS on a computer as slow as mine or have any input on if it will work and not kill my computer and MD. I was able to use my MD as a plug and play removable HD and transfer files. Thanks for any info you can provide. _Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 It will probably work in the sense of functioning properly, but not in the sense of functioning well. I'd expect that it would just be unbearably slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 You know, if you play the hunting game you can score a pretty decent pc for cheap..I come across deals all the time and I could post 'em. :happy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sxc Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 You could always download the program and trial it and see if it will work for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwakrz Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 3 things to remember 1. SS needs an OS of Win98SE or higher (should be easy to find and will work with that spec PC) 2. SS needs a decent CD rom drive. I would probably look at getting a cheap CD drive as if the one you have came with the PC originaly then the chances are it will not extract audio correctly 3. SS needs a USB port. If you have Win98SE and a free PCI slot then just get yourself a USB 2 card from somewhere. I would shy away from the onboard ones for a PC of that age as they will probably be USB1 & not 1.1 (which fixed a few major errors). USB 2 is now cheap enough on an addin card & you can always plug in HDD's or external CD drive rather than fit them internally. The only reason it may need a PII is for speed. You may end up going and making a cup of coffee or even some lunch while it converts a disc to ATRAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriquez Posted November 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Thanks for the input everyone. I plan on getting a new PC (would have been a Mac if damn SS worked with it) somtime next year. Until then I might be drinking a lot of coffee. _Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 I might be off on this by a bit but A PI-233 will probably only be capable of encoding audio in realtime or only slightly faster [i.e. 2x]. When I first started playing with mp3 it took 2 days to encode a full CD. Mind you, that was in about 1994. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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