The following examples show how slow it is to load a simple GIF. Can anything be done to make it faster?
System #1: Mathematica 8.0.1.0, HP notebook, Win7 64Bit, 2 x 2.4Ghz Intel Core i5, 2GB RAM, w/ integrated Intel graphics chipset
AbsoluteTiming[Import["ExampleData/rose.gif"];]
(*
==> {1.3650781, Null}
*)
System #2: Mathematica 8.0.1.0, MacBook Pro, OSX 10.7.2, 2.4GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB 1333 MHz DDR3 w/ integrated Intel HD graphics 3000 512MB
AbsoluteTiming[Import["ExampleData/rose.gif"];]
(*
==> {2.549696, Null}
*)
Both installations are on local drives.
0.16
seconds or so (viaAbsoluteTiming[]
) on my installation (8.0.1 on Xubuntu Oneiric on a generic netbook with an Intel Atom processor); maybe you should mention your OS, Mathematica version, and possibly the specs of your computer? $\endgroup$StringJoin
, we provide a link to here, as a very good case. Because, overloading system functions is an appealing idea to many people, and nothing serves better as a good stand-alone example, like this one. No amount of warnings would be better, since those warnings warn against "theoretical" threats. $\endgroup$