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    what is turbomemory?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by shinakuma9, Nov 21, 2007.

  1. shinakuma9

    shinakuma9 Notebook Deity

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    i have no clue what turbomemory is, i see it as an option in some notebooks but i dont know what it is, and is it worth the price?
     
    shinakuma9, Nov 21, 2007
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    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    Intel Turbo Memory is a feature in some notebooks with Intel processors, that allows performance increases using features included in Windows Vista. It moves frequently accessed data like programs, etc. into flash memory so they start faster than they would if the system had to access the hard drive.

    More about Turbo Memory here-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_memory
     
    booboo12, Nov 21, 2007
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  3. Fuzzy

    Fuzzy Notebook Evangelist

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    Turbo Memory is meant to accelerate booting and application loading and to increase battery life when using Vista. It uses Vista's ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive features.

    Some people swear by it,
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=177613
    but others doubt its utlity:
    http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/31976/118/
    http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3009&p=1
    http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39287377,00.htm?r=1
    http://www.news.com/HP-says-no-to-Intels-Turbo-Memory/2100-1004_3-6188531.html
     
    Fuzzy, Nov 21, 2007
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