dq <d...@gmail.com> wrote: > This runs great on Ubuntu. I get DL speeds of about 1.5 Mb/s on the > SATA HD or on a usb-connected iPod, but if I run the same program on > Windows (with a 2 GHz core 2 duo, 7200 rpm sata drive---better hardware > specs than the Ubuntu box), it maxes out at about 500 kb/s. Worse, if I > DL directly to my iPod in disk mode, I'm lucky if I even hit 100 kb/s. > > So does anyone know what the deal is with this? Why is the same code so > much slower on Windows? Hope someone can tell me before a holy war > erupts :-) >
Just a guess, but are you running any kind of virus scanning software on Windows? That could have a massive impact on the speed of writing to disc. -- Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
