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.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131742/article.html
Yesterday:
Lawsuit spotlights Vista's hefty hardware needs
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| If you bought a Windows Vista Capable PC late last year and want to
| move up to the Home Premium version of the Vista operating system,
| you may already need a hardware upgrade.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9015701
Related:
Buying a new PC? 'Windows Vista Capable' barely hits the mark
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| Microsoft's on-the-box minimum RAM requirement "really isn't
| realistic," according to David Short, an IBM consultant who works
| in its company's Global Services Divison. He says users should
| consider 4GB of RAM if they really want optimum Vista performance.
| With 512MB of RAM, Vista will deliver performance that's
| "sub-XP," he warned.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011523
http://tinyurl.com/2x29tu
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