Ready Boost & Secure Digital Memory Card

[Alfred Kaufmann]

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

 

[Tom Porterfield]

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/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx.

 

[John Blessing]

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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[Alfred Kaufmann]

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

 

[John Blessing]

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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