Evan -
I am assuming that you think Ready Boost of 2GB would be like 512mb RAM?
Definitely not.
IF you are looking to spend on upgrading your computer, get RAM for the
inside. First off, its internal so you dont need to worry about it.
Readyboost is only a prefetch - its not going to help you on most
things...its a nitroboost for windows.
I highly reccomend spending to upgrade to 1-2GBs of ram. Vista needs it.
"Evan Platt" wrote:
> My specs are a Compaq Presario S6000Z desktop, AMD 3000 Athlon, 1 GB
> memory, DDR 2700
>
> Vista runs OK.. I can hear every once in a while what sounds like
> either a fan kicking on, or a hard drive spinning up for a few
> seconds. It seems to be when I access 'fresh' data - ie open a file on
> my hard drive. I don't think it's hard drive, as I can see the file I
> opened before I hear the whir.
>
> One peeve is swapping. I did set a 1500 meg swap file on my primary
> drive, but very often, Vista will hang, and I can see the hard drive
> light going crazy.
>
> I can sometimes alt-tab, but often, once I select the app to switch
> to, the drive just goes crazy.
>
> So my question is, what's a better investment, 1 gb of memory (I now
> have 1 gig in 2 512 sticks and 2 slots total on my machine, so I could
> get 1.5 gigs total, the new 1 gig stick and 512 in the other slot) or
> say a USB thumbdrive?
>
> I'm looking at a 1 GB stick for about $50 or a 2 gb thumb drive (
> http://www.pricewatch.com/h/info.asp...7&aid=12003991
> )
>
> Any tips / suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Evan
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