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    Need something 'cheap' and fast for readyboost.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Zellio, Apr 10, 2007.

  1. Zellio

    Zellio The Dark Knight

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    I'm talking as fast as it can be while being as cheap as it can be.

    2-4 gigs. 4 gigs preferable.

    Doesn't matter if it's an sd card, cf, or flash drive.
     
    Zellio, Apr 10, 2007
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    gohanssjn Notebook Evangelist

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  3. davidt1

    davidt1 Notebook Evangelist

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    I use a 2gb 50x sd card by Kingston. It's called Pro Elite or something like that. I got it for $10 AR. I like to use an sd card because it doesn't stick out and I can leave it in place permanently. I posted a Fry's link for a $6 2gb high-speed sc card, but had to delete it because they don't have that card any more. Sorry! But these are very inexpensive these days. Fry's and Newegg have them on sale all the time.
     
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  4. csinth

    csinth Snitch?

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    You have 2gb of ram, readyboost performance increase will be minimal, I hope you know that
     
    csinth, Apr 10, 2007
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    havand Notebook Consultant

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    I was thinking it would be kind of neat if someone rewrote the readyboost application so that you could load your pagefile onto a 2gb+ sd card and possibly the window DLLs too. Maybe i'm just dreaming though. It would be nice if the harddrive only needed to be spun up when the user needed something.
     
    havand, Apr 10, 2007
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