Why does ipod classic have half the ram of my old ipod video (60gb)?
After searching the apple website to find out how much onboard Ram my new iPod classic (80gb) has and failing to find these specs listed, I decided to call an apple representative today to see if they could provide me with this information.
I must say I was disappointed to hear that both of the iPod classics only have 32 MB of onboard Ram, which is the same amount that the final 30GB models had. Now my final generation iPod video 60GB had two times the ram at 64MB, which was one of the main reasons I had chosen that model. More Ram is important to me because of the fact that I use the apple lossless format.
It almost seems obvious to conclude that that the lag time when pressing the menu button after selecting an album for playback through cover flow is a ram issue, my theory is that once you select the album, iPod clears it's cache of the image files and queue's up the appropriate audio tracks (filling the cache quite quickly with only 32MB available!), then when you are backing out to cover flow again by hitting the menu button, you are effectively clearing the cache, and reloading it with the artwork, and this obviously takes some processing time, and the more songs/albums you have on the iPod, the more images that have to load, the longer the processing takes and so on... correct me if I'm wrong here but I don't think I'm too far off....
Another concern of mine is will this decrease in Ram affect my battery life? I thought more ram = longer battery life because the hard drive is spinning less if the iPod can sync up more tracks in it's cache at any given time.....
I can't help but feel like apple is backtracking with a move like this. Why would you increase the processing requirements of a device like an iPod by introducing new features like cover flow, and new games with better graphics, yet at the same time cut the amount of Ram available in half when compared to previous models with smaller hard drives?
I used to wonder why the onboard ram specs weren't listed on the site, but now it seems obvious. Why would any manufacturer want their customers to have easy access to information that shows they're newer models are actually coming out with less power?
I must say I was disappointed to hear that both of the iPod classics only have 32 MB of onboard Ram, which is the same amount that the final 30GB models had. Now my final generation iPod video 60GB had two times the ram at 64MB, which was one of the main reasons I had chosen that model. More Ram is important to me because of the fact that I use the apple lossless format.
It almost seems obvious to conclude that that the lag time when pressing the menu button after selecting an album for playback through cover flow is a ram issue, my theory is that once you select the album, iPod clears it's cache of the image files and queue's up the appropriate audio tracks (filling the cache quite quickly with only 32MB available!), then when you are backing out to cover flow again by hitting the menu button, you are effectively clearing the cache, and reloading it with the artwork, and this obviously takes some processing time, and the more songs/albums you have on the iPod, the more images that have to load, the longer the processing takes and so on... correct me if I'm wrong here but I don't think I'm too far off....
Another concern of mine is will this decrease in Ram affect my battery life? I thought more ram = longer battery life because the hard drive is spinning less if the iPod can sync up more tracks in it's cache at any given time.....
I can't help but feel like apple is backtracking with a move like this. Why would you increase the processing requirements of a device like an iPod by introducing new features like cover flow, and new games with better graphics, yet at the same time cut the amount of Ram available in half when compared to previous models with smaller hard drives?
I used to wonder why the onboard ram specs weren't listed on the site, but now it seems obvious. Why would any manufacturer want their customers to have easy access to information that shows they're newer models are actually coming out with less power?
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