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I can assure you that is not correct the first 1gb USB key i bought when i inserted it into the computer and selected memory boost it checked it and said this device is not compatible.
On returning it and trying to find another USB key i had to look for one that said Boost ready on the label and then it did work and both keys are made by the same manfactuer. Interesting findings re Core Duo as opposed to a Core Duo 2 set up as i have the latter. But yes it is not effective immediately and takes little while to kick in but it does appear to have reduced the amount of memory in use from 70%+ to just over 50% and it definitely has increased the speed of my system web browsing in particular is now much faster.
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Posted: 2007-07-12 16:47:07
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The reason for is that ,when we insert a usb memory device,it first checks read and write speeds. The problem with a lot of old pen drive/usb key is that they have poor write speeds,which if used will only degrade performance...
So it doesn't allow it to use it as a readyboost device..
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Posted: 2007-07-12 17:00:12
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I've read some reviews saying that the performance increase is only modest; definitely not a replacement for real RAM - and RAM isn't really that expensive these days.
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Posted: 2007-07-13 09:08:55
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On 2007-07-13 09:08:55, shaliron wrote:
I've read some reviews saying that the performance increase is only modest; definitely not a replacement for real RAM - and RAM isn't really that expensive these days.
Yes, that is what i was trying to say.
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Posted: 2007-07-13 09:38:52
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@QVGA
Like here (via wikipedia):
In the cases where a system has 512 MB of RAM (the bare minimum for Windows Vista - not advisable), the largest gains are 47% [2] (the test benchmark included Adobe Photoshop CS3 along with 22 images, iTunes, Microsoft Word 2007, Adobe Reader 8 and an Explorer Window). However, on systems with 1 GB or more, ReadyBoost has a negligible effect (small enough to be experimental error).
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Posted: 2007-07-13 09:48:13
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On 2007-07-11 15:36:55, Dogmann wrote:
Hi all,
I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite P100-160 that came with 1gb RAM installed and after downloading some Widgets discovered that it was using nearly 70% of memory whilst doing very little and was really not as fast as i was expecting.
Now the Tosh only comes with 2 memory slots so to upgrade to 2gb would of meant having to buy 2 x 1gb of memory and having 1gb in 2x 512mb of no use and it was going to be expensive. I remembered reading that Vista could use a USB memory key to memory boost so yesterday in PC world bought an extra 1gb for £9.99 unfortunately on plugging it in and trying it came back as not compatible so went back today and spoke to their Tech Guys and found a USB Memory key that said Boost Ready 2GB for £29.99 and all i can say is wow the system is a lot faster and all for £29.99 that has to be the cheapest way of adding Ram to a Computer running Vista and well worth the spend IMO. I just hope some here will find this of use as it really is just so much cheaper than buying normal Ram chips to fit in.
Marc
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2007-07-11 14:37 ]
doesnt seem cheaper, my last spec macbook pro was upgraded from1gb (2x512) to 2gb (2x1gb) for £30 and thats the top spec ram you can get/buy for macs....
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Posted: 2007-07-13 10:21:19
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Hi Luke,
Well that is well cheap and a bargain but for the Tosh it was going to cost quite a bit more than £30. As i am not using Photo Shop or Video editing or using any really intensive memory using apps like games. I was just looking for a small boost and as i have said whilst i accept it is no where as good as real Ram it has dropped the memory in use from 75%+ to just over 50% and it really has made my Web Browsing faster so it has done what i wanted/needed and i am very happy with the result for what it cost.
Marc
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2007-07-13 09:59 ]
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Posted: 2007-07-13 10:58:20
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Well, the reason I was so interested in it is that many of my customers don't like being told that they have to buy two sticks of RAM when they have one stick in there already, which is sometimes the case. They don't understand that you can't get 1.5Gb sticks of RAM!
If using a USB memory stick was viable, it would be a nice, easy little earner for me since I could buy them in bulk very cheaply. I can buy RAM in bulk cheaply too, but there's too many different kinds for me to do that, I'm not PC World unfortunately
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Posted: 2007-07-13 11:07:09
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did this work anyone?
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Posted: 2008-02-05 20:31:06
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err, i think we've all moved back to xp now (due to vista being a complete ram hog
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Posted: 2008-02-05 21:10:30
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