MBP iTunes CD Importing Speed, what's yours and is mine too slow?

[skyrider007]

My iTunes imports CD into AAC tracks at the speed of about 12x, is this too slow for an MBP? I think it should be 24x or even higher.

Please share your speeds!

 

[Eidorian]

I get slightly higher speeds for MP3 on my old Pentium-M lappy.

You have to take into account the compression and the speed of the optical drive.

 

[EricNau]

That's about right.

 

[mopppish]

With an external firewire CD drive, I've seen some crazy import speeds.
Like around 40X on some discs.
But yeah, using the internal drive usually nabs 4-12X.