12-03-2009, 04:18 AM
This was really more of a "proof of concept" project. Wanted something I could leave on almost 24/7 and this is what I had to work with.
Client Macs see it in their "SHARED" section of their own iTunes and stream to AirTunes, typically. Browsing the library and playing songs is very responsive once the client Mac gets the song list built.
It's controlled by the other Macs' Screen Sharing if necessary. I use this on the client Macs too: http://www.klieme.com/ScreenSharingMenulet.html
300Ghz/512MB CPU, which is plenty.
Tiger, with all updates
iTunes 9.02
I only put a fraction of our music on it-I don't have real storage for it and don't dare actually spending money on the thing. But since our current library is all on external FW drives anyway I can move it over (I swapped-in a Rev. 2 mobo I had laying around.)
Anything I could do to tweak the OS? Anything to disable under the hood that might make it a little leaner and meaner? It didn't get the extra fonts or printer drivers installed.
Client Macs see it in their "SHARED" section of their own iTunes and stream to AirTunes, typically. Browsing the library and playing songs is very responsive once the client Mac gets the song list built.
It's controlled by the other Macs' Screen Sharing if necessary. I use this on the client Macs too: http://www.klieme.com/ScreenSharingMenulet.html
300Ghz/512MB CPU, which is plenty.
Tiger, with all updates
iTunes 9.02
I only put a fraction of our music on it-I don't have real storage for it and don't dare actually spending money on the thing. But since our current library is all on external FW drives anyway I can move it over (I swapped-in a Rev. 2 mobo I had laying around.)
Anything I could do to tweak the OS? Anything to disable under the hood that might make it a little leaner and meaner? It didn't get the extra fonts or printer drivers installed.