Mike Brannigan

"carl feredeck" <carlferedeck@wizzmail.com> wrote in message
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> Experience shows that readyboost does nil for computers with lots of ram.
> Some people here even reported that it slowed their high end computer
> down!
>

Even a PC with a lot of RAM will flush unused entries from cache when an
application exit. Say for example you were doing some work in a word
processor package.
If you subsequently reopen the application and open the document you were
working on this will be draw from the ReadyBoost cache significantly faster
then from the hard drive. That is a performance boost even for a system with
a lot of memory.
I run systems with 4 and 8GB of RAM and there is still performance to be
gained by using ReadyBoost.
On laptop systems I un with 2GB of memory a 2 or 4GB memory stick again
improves overall performance for day to day use.

> YES readyboost also has a bug noted to be fixed in the SP1... but that
> will be around the end of the year!
>

So? There are a number of outstanding bugs in the OS that re being
addressed with the monthly patches and will also be in SP1. This does not
mean Ready Boost should not be used.
(If you mean 939008 then this is not even that big a deal)

> Basically readyboost is a bad idea and a "patch" technology to go around
> actually writing the vista code better leaner faster and smarter.
>

Not at all - it is actually an enhancement as hard drive technology and
performance is being out stripped by solid state "drive" technology :
ReadyDrive goes on to use the similar technology for Hybrid drives which are
actually a patch again to slow spinning hard drive technology by
incorporating flash drive memory into the drive.

> Basic MS logic: Lets bloat vista to smithereens, don't waste time actually
> thinking, and then lets add a readyboost to make everyone happy.
>

Again incorrect - this is helping the performance of the system until
everyone can afford to switch to solid state drives of sufficient capacity
etc.

> WHAT A DISGRACE! You have been brainwashed and you love it!
>

No brainwashing here - it is you with your ill informed and ill conceived
arguments that cannot see the real reasoning behind this technology or where
it can and should be used.

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Mike Brannigan
"carl feredeck" <carlferedeck@wizzmail.com> wrote in message
news:46a09119@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> Experience shows that readyboost does nil for computers with lots of ram.
> Some people here even reported that it slowed their high end computer
> down!
>
> YES readyboost also has a bug noted to be fixed in the SP1... but that
> will be around the end of the year!
>
> Basically readyboost is a bad idea and a "patch" technology to go around
> actually writing the vista code better leaner faster and smarter.
>
> Basic MS logic: Lets bloat vista to smithereens, don't waste time actually
> thinking, and then lets add a readyboost to make everyone happy.
>
> WHAT A DISGRACE! You have been brainwashed and you love it!
>
> "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost> wrote in message
> news:6D4F4E6C-67EB-4586-B6C2-6BCF29A34D0B@microsoft.com...
>> "Jurij" <jurijvi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:E6D45015-A73E-4650-8702-EFA8E97A26BD@microsoft.com...
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I was intrigued by the Readyboost feature, but I presume it's more
>>> effective on
>>> "resource limited" systems?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>
>> No - ReadyBoost helps the performance of all systems as acting as a
>> faster write through caching area to the hard drive.
>> So even on systems with plenty of memory where there is any writing to
>> disk and then potentially reading that data back in (after it may have
>> been flushed from memory) then the use of the ReadyBoost cache is faster
>> then the access to disk.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mike Brannigan
>
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