Vista - Ready Boost & Secure Digital Memory Card

I have been reading that Ready Boost only works with a USB drive but
on the Microsoft website is say USB Drive or SD memory card. Which is
right?

I am thinking of getting an SD Memory card for a laptop which seems
like molasses, at least to me. It currently has 522MB and I
recommended going to at least 1GB with no success. I think I can
insert my own SD card so it will run a bit faster at least I am using
it.

Al

Alfred Kaufmann wrote:
> I have been reading that Ready Boost only works with a USB drive but
> on the Microsoft website is say USB Drive or SD memory card. Which is
> right?
>
> I am thinking of getting an SD Memory card for a laptop which seems
> like molasses, at least to me. It currently has 522MB and I
> recommended going to at least 1GB with no success. I think I can
> insert my own SD card so it will run a bit faster at least I am using
> it.

SD will work as long as it meets the requirements for ReadyBoost. That is
2.5MB/sec throughput for 4K random reads and 1.75MB/sec throughput for 512K
random writes. For more info on ReadyBoost see
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...02/615199.aspx.
--
Tom Porterfield

"Alfred Kaufmann" <al_kaufmann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have been reading that Ready Boost only works with a USB drive but
> on the Microsoft website is say USB Drive or SD memory card. Which is
> right?
>
> I am thinking of getting an SD Memory card for a laptop which seems
> like molasses, at least to me. It currently has 522MB and I
> recommended going to at least 1GB with no success. I think I can
> insert my own SD card so it will run a bit faster at least I am using
> it.
>
> Al

I have a 1 gig Sandisk Ultra II and it works for readyboost

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On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:16:51 GMT, "John Blessing"
<blessij@**REMOVE**THIS**gmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Alfred Kaufmann" <al_kaufmann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0e1fs2lj733mq43kn5k9f0lnqf98qugeq6@4ax.com...
>>I have been reading that Ready Boost only works with a USB drive but
>> on the Microsoft website is say USB Drive or SD memory card. Which is
>> right?
>>
>> I am thinking of getting an SD Memory card for a laptop which seems
>> like molasses, at least to me. It currently has 522MB and I
>> recommended going to at least 1GB with no success. I think I can
>> insert my own SD card so it will run a bit faster at least I am using
>> it.
>>
>> Al
>
>I have a 1 gig Sandisk Ultra II and it works for readyboost

Ok that answers part of the question but do you notice the increase in
speed? Maybe someone at MS just has a lot of stock in flash memory.
:-(

Al

"Alfred Kaufmann" <al_kaufmann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:16:51 GMT, "John Blessing"
> <blessij@**REMOVE**THIS**gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Alfred Kaufmann" <al_kaufmann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:0e1fs2lj733mq43kn5k9f0lnqf98qugeq6@4ax.com...
>>>I have been reading that Ready Boost only works with a USB drive but
>>> on the Microsoft website is say USB Drive or SD memory card. Which is
>>> right?
>>>
>>> I am thinking of getting an SD Memory card for a laptop which seems
>>> like molasses, at least to me. It currently has 522MB and I
>>> recommended going to at least 1GB with no success. I think I can
>>> insert my own SD card so it will run a bit faster at least I am using
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Al
>>
>>I have a 1 gig Sandisk Ultra II and it works for readyboost
>
> Ok that answers part of the question but do you notice the increase in
> speed? Maybe someone at MS just has a lot of stock in flash memory.
> :-(
>
> Al
>


I have 1.25 Gig of main memory. Can't say I notice much in the way of speed
increase with readyboost. To be honest, vista is the straw that broke the
camel's back and I am now dual-booting Linux. It really is much faster and
nicer looking (just look at something like Beryl - all the stuff aero glass
promised but doesn't need a high-end 3d graphics card), pity you need a
degree in geekness to use it <g>

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