Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Speed up your Linux box with a thumb drive
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> | Linux only: Like ReadyBoost for Vista, SwapBoost uses the extra space
> | on a spare USB drive to speed up your OS.
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> http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-linux-download
speed-up-your-linux-box-with-a-thumb-drive-274911.php
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> Vista's ReadyBoost was all promises and marketing hype,
Ready Poost is crap.
No backward compatibility with standard USB flash disks.
If you buy it, you loose the ability to boot from a USB disk.
> but have a look at
> what a joke it turned out to be. Heise reports says that memory prices are
> going to sink anyway.
>
>
> Related:
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> Windows ReadyBoost Doesn't Deliver
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> | I don't know if this is a problem with Vista or the drive, but it is
> | annoying to have to check to see if it off and then turn it back on
> | again. Sometimes the disk space is used after ReadyBoost is off,
> | forcing me to format the flash drive again before turning it back on.
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> http://www.omahablogger.com/2007/06/windows_readyboost_doesnt_deliver.htm
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>
> 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/
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>
> 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.
> |
> | Then Microsoft Word 2007 was loaded. Without ReadyBoost for first time
> | took 5 seconds and with ReadyBoost took 26 seconds :-s.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | 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/
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