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    USB Flash drive -- "Readyboost" Marketing??

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by MTHall51, Oct 5, 2008.

  1. MTHall51

    MTHall51 Notebook Evangelist

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    We are all familiar with flash drives. When I first got Vista and put in my flashdrive the OS asked if I wanted to use it for Readyboost.
    Question: With the flashdrives which are now being marketed as enhanced for Readyboost, is that just a marketing tactic, or is there really something that is different about those flash drives versus all the other ones??
     
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Readyboost requires that the flash drive should be able to perform according to certain specs, so its not really a marketing tactic.

    Readyboost, however, has been made pointless because of cheap RAM prices. The technology was meant for people with inadequate amounts of RAM for Vista - but Microsoft probably didn't consider that RAM prices do fluctuate quite a bit.
     
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    Thank you. That is a good point. As long as you have 3 gigs of RAM I guess one is not needed.
     
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    I 've recently upgraded the ram of my laptop from 2 to 4GB crucial.
    64bit Vista run much more smoothly now.
    I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen with my eyes.

    The system uses around 3,1GB with a few programs opened and leaves another 900ΜΒ of free RAM for rapid response to further needs.

    I would strongly recommend everyone to upgrade to at least 3GB if their operating system is windows vista.

    Never used readyboost, but definitely USB sticks can't be compared to real ram.
     
    Nikolas, Oct 5, 2008
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