This screencast shows you the negative impact that iTunes 7 has on CPU and therefore system performance and responsiveness when exiting iTunes.

In the screencast the Dual Core 2.0ghz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU is maxed out at 100% for 13 seconds.

This screencast runs for 2m10s

Note to the Apple Developers: I open and close iTunes several times a day, those 13 seconds all add up. In the example below I didn’t even make a change that required the library to be saved. Could you not have some sort of check to see if it’s needed?

I would dearly love to know does it do the same thing on an intel based mac? Please leave a comment and tell me.

Dont get me wrong I really like Apple and their products, but this issue is painful and I am not the only one affected by it.

If you have been affected or annoyed by this issue please leave a comment.

Technical
Dell XPS M1210
Windows Vista Ultimate
2gig of Ram

Itunes 7.1.1.5
iTunes Music Library.xml is 11mb
Podcasts: 12 Subscriptions
Songs: Stored both locally (7200 rpm) and external hard disk (5400rpm)
iPod not connected during the below example.
Majority have ITMS Album Artwork.
Total Library Size is about 36gig.

Click the Screencast to Play.

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Colin

If you use your iPod with Windows Vista - Avoid that accident waiting to happen.

Install this update to resolve an issue where an Apple iPod may be corrupted by using the Safely Remove Hardware feature on a system running Windows Vista.

32 Bit Link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid

64 Bit Link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid

Do me a favour is your iPod/iTunes sluggish under Windows Vista? Leave a comment…