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    TZ choppy iTunes scrolling

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jc4ho, Aug 26, 2007.

  1. jc4ho

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    Does anyone find that when scrolling through iTunes, or any other long lists such the library in Windows Media Player, the scrolling is choppy? It would appear that the graphics accelerator can't keep up with the scroll rate... is this the bottleneck of the 945GM?
     
    jc4ho, Aug 26, 2007
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    doyou have ssd and 2 gigs ram?
     
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    yup i have both of those.
     
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    wow. i dont have manyy songs... but i defenitely dont have that problem.. how many songs doyou have? do you have lots of podcasts and videos? maybe thats the problem... the processor its not as fast as a t7700 or something.
     
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    OK a computer from 1999 should be able to scroll through an Itunes list just fine, let alone a nearly brand new computer with 2gb of ram. Your system is being bogged down by something and hogging all your resources.
     
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    hmm.. i wonder what could be causing it...
    maybe vista?
     
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    or a ton of programs running and 100 stupid processes
     
    calot, Aug 26, 2007
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    i can't really determine which stupid processes i have running... i ordered from dynamism and didn't find too any bloatware, just the original sony software...
     
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    open the task manager by pressing alt + control + delete (not the one on top of the enter button, the other one) and it should work
     
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    i know how to access the task manager. i'm just not sure which processes are slowing down performance as no processes in particular are hogging unusual amounts of memory or CPU cycles..
     
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    are u using in max bat mode or max performance?
     
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    it still happens on max performance..

    i tried windows media player and it doesn't happen on there. maybe itunes is a graphics hog?
     
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    You still shouldn't be having issues. Did you end all non-essential processes and try?
     
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    maybe it's only an issue coz i'm super picky. it's not unbearable, it's just slower than my previous laptop with a ati x700.

    Anyway, I found a program that converts iTunes playlists into windows media playlists, so I'm satisfied with using media player since it's works much faster.

    Beyond that, TZ rocks! No other complaints.
     
    jc4ho, Aug 26, 2007
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    do you have thousands and thousands of songs? might be why.
     
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    I do, but on a playlist where there's just enough for more than one page for the scroll bar to exist, itstill happens
     
    jc4ho, Aug 26, 2007
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