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Geek Culture / Is ReadyBoost actually any use?

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data 98junkiee
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2011 14:47 Edited at: 2nd Jun 2011 14:55
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I remember when windows Vista came out, the only feature I was impressed by when i heard about it was this ReadyBoost thing.

Thinking about it again I can't think why this would actually work, as far I am aware despite solid state hardware being faster then disk based storage, USB2.0 access times are far less than SATA or even PATA. meaning that its pointless as you can just increase the virtual memory(
page file/Swap). When I first used this feature i didn't really notice much difference in performance but assumed it was helping, my friends said their systems seemed a little faster but now I think that may be just a placebo effect.

Having said all of that i imagine using this feature in conjunction with Firewire or USB3.0 may make a big difference.

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Dark Frager
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2011 14:52 Edited at: 2nd Jun 2011 19:36
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nvm.

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data 98junkiee
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That was a long time ago but feel free to visit them if you wish^^

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Posted: 2nd Jun 2011 15:31
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@Dark Frager
Unnessescary, dude. Five years not long enough for you?

@data
I didn't even know this existed... although a little research says it's included in Windows 7 as well so assumably it has some use.

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Dark Frager
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2011 15:38 Edited at: 2nd Jun 2011 19:38
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lazerus
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2011 16:43 Edited at: 2nd Jun 2011 16:44
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Quote: "Sorry, just got a bit surprised. "


How when you joined in 2010?

Seems intresting, ill see if i can find a use for it.


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Posted: 2nd Jun 2011 16:45 Edited at: 2nd Jun 2011 19:37
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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2011 18:20 Edited at: 2nd Jun 2011 18:21
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Quote: "Having said all of that i imagine using this feature in conjunction with Firewire or USB3.0 may make a big difference."


Or eSata? I still want to make use of the fact my laptop has an eSata port. It'd be pretty cool to have other technologies utilized with this.


However, I use 50% my USB stick capacity for ReadyBoost, I don't think there's a big difference, but as I use my USB to automatically back up important documents, the rest of the space might as well be doing something.

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the_winch
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Readyboost is from a time when cheap laptops shipped with too little memory and horrendously slow hard disks.

Today you can buy 2gb of ram for $20. If you run out of memory that's where you want to spend you money.

By way of demonstration, he emitted a batlike squeak that was indeed bothersome.
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