Vista Performance Booster
This is one really cool feature I came across in Vista. If you wonder, how you would upgrade the memory in your Laptop to serve up the hunger of Vista, you have better things to do than buying up a 1GB memory for $300 and panting with it.
Windows Vista introduces a new concept in adding memory to a system. Windows ReadyBoost lets you use a conventaional USB-based flash memory device, such as a USB thumb drive, to improve system performance without actually upgrading the memory. Called as Windows ReadyBoost, this technology improves performance because it can retrieve data kept on the flash memory more quickly than it can retrieve data kept on the hard disk, decreasing the time needed to wait for PC to respond.
I have tried extending a laptop with 1GB of RAM using a 2GB fast USB thumb drive and the performance really took off. This is certainly something to think about for all you laptop users out there that are considering running Windows Vista.
Comments
Thats seriously good news.
I wonder, it'd have been better if we could use conventional hard drives too - some area of HDD allocated to be used as RAM but then again, it'd have been the same as Virtual Memory /Pagefile and not RAM..
This was seriously good news to many I suppose.
Posted by: Prasoon Gupta | September 28, 2006 10:58 AM
I think not all memory sticks may work for Windows Vista Readyboost. But this is a great feature for sure. Think about playing Need for speed by attaching a 1 GB RAM stick and remove it when you are done playing ...cool :-)
Posted by: Savvy? | October 18, 2006 10:14 AM
Detailed FAQ on ReadyBoost feature - http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx
Posted by: Atul Gupta | December 25, 2006 04:25 AM