2009-12-08, 21:48
Hi All,
I have been playing around with XBMC for a few weeks now, and have a copy running on my Macbook and my Mac Mini.
They have exactly the same hardware, 1.83Ghz Core Duo, 1 GB Ram, 64Mb Shared Video Memory.
The performance however is completely different. My Laptop idles when XBMC at around 25-30% CPU, where as my Mac Mini idles at around 90%.
When browsing movies in Aeon and Alaska skins my Macbook jumps up to around 50% and I get 20-25 fps. On my Mac Mini it jumps to 100%+ and I get 4 or 5 fps.
Any ideas on what could be causing this, the only difference between the two is My Laptop is running Tiger and Mac Mini Snow Leopard.
Thanks
Alex
I have been playing around with XBMC for a few weeks now, and have a copy running on my Macbook and my Mac Mini.
They have exactly the same hardware, 1.83Ghz Core Duo, 1 GB Ram, 64Mb Shared Video Memory.
The performance however is completely different. My Laptop idles when XBMC at around 25-30% CPU, where as my Mac Mini idles at around 90%.
When browsing movies in Aeon and Alaska skins my Macbook jumps up to around 50% and I get 20-25 fps. On my Mac Mini it jumps to 100%+ and I get 4 or 5 fps.
Any ideas on what could be causing this, the only difference between the two is My Laptop is running Tiger and Mac Mini Snow Leopard.
Thanks
Alex