What's the point of Readyboost?
bportlock | 01/18/07
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Exactly!
ChazzMatt | 01/18/07
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I can answer that
nucrash | 01/18/07
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Because of bang for the buck
georgeou | 01/18/07
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ReadyBoost retains its cache even when power ...
ShadeTree | 01/18/07
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Not really.
Wolfie2K3 | 01/18/07
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I know that is the way it works
ShadeTree | 01/19/07
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Wrong!
jacec | 01/19/07
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If all you have is a 512MB PC ...
mwagner@... | 01/18/07
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That's a good one.
maferious | 11/18/08
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A simple explanation of flash and ReadyBoost.
ShadeTree | 01/18/07
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But they failed both read and write, by a mile
georgeou | 01/18/07
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As always go with manufacturers you can trust.
ShadeTree | 01/18/07
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You sure about that typo there?
georgeou | 01/18/07
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Sorry!
ShadeTree | 01/18/07
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Well they must be lying then about 120x
georgeou | 01/18/07
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False advertising is subject to civil liabilities.
ShadeTree | 01/18/07
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Are you sure the internal card reader is using ...
ShadeTree | 01/18/07
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It's a 40 pin IDE to CF adapter
georgeou | 01/18/07
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Lite-on already has a 16x SATA DVD burner for $35
georgeou | 01/18/07
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I didn't say there weren't SATA Opticals.
ShadeTree | 01/18/07
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$5 difference is about as close as it gets
georgeou | 01/18/07
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$ 5.00 per drive added to the BOM of a ....
ShadeTree | 01/18/07
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That's actually the rating used for CDROMs
georgeou | 01/18/07
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I assure you that despite my typo problem ...
ShadeTree | 01/18/07
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150KB = X
jacec | 01/19/07
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flash memory service life
charliepiii | 01/18/07
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Consumer Spending - Bring it on
netuzer | 01/18/07
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Another strike against upgrading to Vista!!!
JKFentiman | 03/26/07
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Wear leveling means it will last about 10 years
georgeou | 01/18/07
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Really? Someone in our office tried booting XP off a flash device.
Zogg | 01/21/07
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Not the same thing
georgeou | 01/21/07
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Readycrutch
Mitch 74 | 01/18/07
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So?
bradt | 01/19/07
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Grammar recommendations
MillenneumMan | 01/18/07
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My favorite is this one...
techboy_z | 01/18/07
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Ok, thanks
georgeou | 01/18/07
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Huh? Five times faster isn't enough...???
jinko | 01/18/07
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It's not good enough on average
georgeou | 01/18/07
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by the way---
puppadave | 01/18/07
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Marketing lies in other industries about performance too.
osreinstall | 01/18/07
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Next we will start bashing Lawnmowers
nucrash | 01/18/07
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Why not? These discussions can go anywhere.
osreinstall | 01/18/07
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I HAVE ONE GIG OF MEMORY IN MY COMPUTER
BALTHOR | 01/18/07
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What in the world are you shouting about.
ShadeTree | 01/18/07
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Don't mind him
nucrash | 01/18/07
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Unreal BIOS
bradt | 01/19/07
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George, did you set the devices to "Optimize for performance"?
jacec | 01/19/07
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opt. for perf. is for write cache
joeypruett@... | 01/19/07
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USB 2 flash drive is plenty fast--its windows/virus ware that's the problem
NuttyBuddy | 01/19/07
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Uninstall Norton and try again.
osreinstall | 01/19/07
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File transfers in WinXP
M.R. Kennedy | 01/20/07
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Vista's performance index isn't 0-6
PB_z | 01/19/07
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6 is the current asymptote, and it's a stupid scale
georgeou | 01/20/07
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Not really a benchmark?
pj_mouse | 01/20/07
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How does it give an "impression" of the performance?
georgeou | 01/20/07
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