Stephan Rose wrote:
Quote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:05:09 -0700, rminnis82 wrote:
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> Quote:
>> Well thats not actually true. The X41 has 1.5Ghz Centrino with 1.5GB RAM
>> and when the SD card is added it makes a massive difference.
>>
>
> Yea, I can see the massive difference it is making by your original post.
> Your entire system becomes laggy, I admit, that's quite a massive
> difference.
>
> Quote:
>> The Z60m has the maximum 2GB RAM combination possible, and any extra
>> help in a slot never to be used cant be bad.
>>
>
> Actually yes it *can* be bad.
>
> Flash memory is by magnitudes slower than RAM. Adding it to a system as a
> substitute for RAM helps with systems around 512 megs of RAM or so that'd
> otherwise be constantly writing to the HDD instead. And even there,
> improvements can't really be guaranteed.
>
> If you already have 1.5 gigs of RAM, you're looking at next to nothing to
> gain by adding Flash memory.
>
> Even on systems where ready boost has been reported to actually give some
> improvements, any improvements started to disappear at the 1 gig mark on
> any benchmarks I've seen so far.
>
> FWIW I have 2GB of ram and I see a slight improvement in responsiveness
with a 2GB SD card. Granted it's not like "night and day" but it's
better than not using it. The laptop it's in has a card reader activity
light, and I see it flicker often, so it's doing its thing. ONLY
because I got the card on sale ($19.99) do I feel it was worth the
effort. I'd feel foolish had I spent north of $40 for the card. YMMV.
Dave