__/ [ AB ] on Friday 18 May 2007 15:02 \__
> On 2007-05-18, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>> ReadyBoost Flash Drives Lack Significant Boost
>>
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>>| Windows Vista's Windows ReadyBoost sounds too good to be true, and
>>| based on our extensive lab tests, it is. The technology promises to
>>| let you speed up Windows by plugging an inexpensive USB flash drive
>>| into your PC. But we found that while ReadyBoost may speed up Vista
>>| a tiny bit, it can also slow it down in some instances.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131742/article.html
>
> That's what I said would happen when I heard of it: no boost or very
> little. Of course, Erik the Expert(tm) argued vehemently in the other
> direction,* claiming it wouldn't need frequent access since it was
> *application* storage that would be there.
>
> Naturally, he forgot one thing (and I didn't mention it for a reason).
> If a drive, any drive at all, is connected to a mchine with Winders on
> it, it's going to be polled. There won't be any need for the OS to
> access the drive for reading what's there to slow things down. The
> simple act of frequent polling of a slow drive will take care of that
> for the system.
>
> * I'll find the link if he wants to come back denying this. But I won't
> bother until.
Ir gets worse.
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/
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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