Sabot said:iTunes Sucks!
I'm not saying that just because this is a Microsoft website ... it' just not a piece of software that performs very well on the PC and to be honest it didn't exactly do a good job on the Mac either so don't make the mistake that did thinking that it would.
You would like after all this time they would have sorted out some of the niggles such as 'Processing file' after downloading a file taking ages ... but no, yet the Apple forums are full of disappointed customers.
I've disabled the iPhone backup because it takes unacceptably long, the last time took 6 hours! for an 8GB iPhone it's not good in comparison when I can backup my 3.5TB harddisk array to .... TAPE ... in half that time!
So why is it taking so long? Will looking at WireShark, iTunes is sending my backup to Apple at the sametime as I'm doing it and my upload is 800 Kb/s and uploading 8GB will take so watch out for that.
Is there an alternative to iTunes?
Sounds like there is something amiss with your install. I'm running XP Pro SP3 via VMware Fusion inside Leopard on a 2.4 GB Core 2 Duo Blackbook, and iPhone backups and iTunes on both platforms are pretty brisk for me. This is with a 16 gig iPhone 3G. Additionally, I find that the new Safari 4 rocks in XP, in terms of speed. Just saying......if you were sitting in my chair right now comparing my install with your post, you'd be scratching your head.
