Photoshop resize

[Adrian Fischer]

Hi all,

So Ive got the trial version of PS and am liking it so far. I have a need to resize images for uploading to my website. Photoshop can do it using Scripts>image processor.
I thought this would be great because it creates a new directory within the directory of images (saves as new image with same name) and you just set the size for width and height and regardless of portrait or landscape it resizes the set size on the longest edge. Very smart.

I did a test on 200 images that had already had resolution set to 72. It took 10 minutes!!

I have been using Paint Shop Pro for 10 years. I did the same 200 images using a script I made and it took 5 minutes.

Am I missing something here?
This was on my work machine which is only runing winxp 32 bit. At home on my editing machine Im runing win 7 64bit with 64 bit photoshop. Will that make a difference (Ive not tested at home)

I have an event coming up and I need to resize potentially hundreds of images at a time. Time is of the essence.

edit..irfanview did the same 200 in 3 minutes. Might be the go.
Thoughts?