Vista, iTunes and ReadyBoost do not play well
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| The only solution for the problem is to unplug your ReadyBoost drive, close
| and restart iTunes and then play back your video normally. I have
| replicated this no less than 30 times on my laptop with a ReadyBoost
| drive plugged in. Unplugging the drive never fails to fix the problem
| and plugging it in never fails to cause the problem.
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http://vista.blorge.com/2007/04/16/vista-itunes-and-readyboost-do-not-play-well/
More impractical hype from Microsoft.
More PR noise than actual gain (see below).
Related:
Microsft Vista's ReadyBoost: Is worth the hype??
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| The performance gain in second time 18seconds vs 5:30 seconds was
| due to SuperFetch technology which has nothing to do with ReadyBoost.
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| Then Microsoft Word 2007 was loaded. Without ReadyBoost for first time
| took 5 seconds and with ReadyBoost took 26 seconds :-s.
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| [...]
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| Is ReadyBoost meant to work this way :-/ Is this a Flaw in Vista or like
| Microsoft is doing making Flaws as Features. Is this also a feature??
|
| The mystery continues....
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http://techreckoner.com/microsft-vistas-readyboost-is-worth-the-hype/
Vista performance: The user experiece is all that matters
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| My neighbor Kary doesn't know much about computers. She just needs
| one to create and print class schedules and save digital photos.
| Last week she brought home an HP Pavillion a1000 equipped with 1
| GB of RAM, an Athon 64 3800+ processor and Windows Vista Home
| Premium preloaded. She had trouble almost immediately and brought
| it to my office the the other day for assistance. She says it's
| slower than her older XP machine. Should I tell her she's wrong?
| I turned on her machine and, as configured, it took just over two
| minutes to load Vista. For Kary, Vista has been a nightmare. I'll
| talk about why next time.
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http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/5366
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