I would go with another gig ram, you know it will work well. With the usb
drive, there are too many unknowns, will it work well, how much performance
will you gain etc etc In my area you can pick up a gig of pc2700 or pc3200
for about $100, not sure how much a 1G flash drive would cost
"Steve Lange" <lange_steve@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The USB thumbdrives are more cost effective. However, I'm not sure about
> performance. I did plan on buying a flash drive to test this feature but
> as yet do not have one. If money is an issue buy the thumb drive and give
> it a whirl. My guess is that actual memory will probably be faster but
> will cost you about twice as much or even more at higher Gigs.
>
> "Evan Platt" <evan@theobvious.espphotography.com> wrote in message
> news:l83v82dlt6sjm2b3sttsnmt4lcrqjj2a6o@4ax.com...
>> 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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