Laptop Vista users LISTEN UP!

You may or may not have heard of the new technology integrated into the software, but it allows you to run a 1gb-4gb mem stick on a usb2.0 port for a flash drive, almost like RAM.

If you have 1gig of ram or less like I do, then I definitly suggest readyboost. I bought a 2gig stick for 25 bucks at best buy and it makes a very large difference.

I read that it makes not much of a difference if you have more actual RAM though, so it wouldn't make sense to run it on a computer with say, 2gigs of ram or more.

I have 1gig in my laptop and my 2gig mem stick does a great job for the cost.

 

Windows is just now getting this? I figured they already had it. no jk. I knew Vista just came out with this.

btw, it only works with certain flash drives. Also, the flash drive can only be used for this or as a normal flash drive. You can't do both. And flash drives are still limited by USB 2.0 speeds.

In comparison to DDR2 667MHz RAM (normaly what is used on a Vista laptop), a flash drive is very slow. It will be like extra RAM, but it will be slow RAM.

and also. Linux has had this capability ever since flash drives came out. You can allocate all or part of a flash drive as SWAP space.

 

I can use my flash drive for readyboost and files at the same time.

 

I bought a laptop a few weeks ago, and it came with Vista... utter shite...

I'll be loading XP in the next few days... sometimes progress ain't what it should be....

Vista = fashion statement, and all that always means....

 

cool feature.

 

Vista is great nothing beats it. the problem with ready boost is that if you hibernate the computer and pull the flash stick out, then the computer bluescreens - unless they fixed that !

 

Personally i hate vista

 

my thinkpad came with vista. i gave it a fair try for a week, then went to xp, i dont plan on going back any time soon.

 

Best Buy Electrical?????

I'm going to check it out.

 

$25 ??????? £12.50 ??????
fuck ---- you really are getting ripped off in the usa = a 2 gig flash stick costs about £5 here ($10)

 

Yeah. The US is actually behind in consumer technology. Most average Americans don't know it yet.

I have a 4Gb USB stick I got for $30, which isn't too bad.

 

What's cool is running the whole OS from a memory stick.