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Thread ID: 103722	2009-10-04 05:41:00	Ready boost	gary67 (56)	Press F1

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816761	2009-10-04 05:41:00	Bought a flash drive yesterday that supports ready boost, since I don't have Vista can't try it. Has anyone actually had any benefit from using it on Vista? If so does Win7 support it's use? :help:	gary67 (56)
816762	2009-10-04 05:52:00	According to this (en.wikipedia.org) windows 7 can use 8 devices, up to 256 GB	Speedy Gonzales (78)
816763	2009-10-04 06:18:00	Will have to try it then since I'm going 64bit win 7	gary67 (56)
816764	2009-10-04 21:43:00	Are you really short of RAM? Can't see why else you'd bother.	linw (53)
816765	2009-10-04 22:11:00	I've been using a 4GB flash drive for ReadyBoost under Win7 for a couple of months now. Have I noticed any improvement? Not really. Benchmarks have shown a slight increase, but nothing real-world noticeble to me. As linw said, perhaps if you're low on RAM it is more useful.	inphinity (7274)
816766	2009-10-04 23:44:00	Windows 7 definitely supports ReadyBoost, and others have pointed out you would really notice the speed improvements if you are running a slower older machine, particularly if you don't have much RAM and have a slower older hard drive. Thats where ReadyBoost really helps Cheers Nathan Microsoft NZ	nmercer (3899)
816767	2009-10-04 23:49:00	Upgrade RAM.. From what I've read and tried, there are pretty much no speed improvements.. Flash drives just aren't fast enough to act as RAM....	Blam (54)
816768	2009-10-04 23:50:00	I used ReadyBoost on my old laptop, and it definitely made a difference (Vista). Things were just a little bit "snappier", so it was noticeable, but not easily measured.	somebody (208)
816769	2009-10-05 05:22:00	It was more of a general enquiry since the flash drive supports it, just thought it might be worth trying out. Have plenty of ram so no issue there. I do like trying things though and as I said since I don't have a Vista machine I might try it on 7	gary67 (56)
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