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10 ways to increase Vista's performance

10 ways to increase Vista's performance

...which Vista can access quicker than data stored on the hard disk. ReadyBoost lets you use a USB stick such as this 2GB Kingston unit... Read more

8 August, 2007 by Debra Littlejohn Shinder

HP says no to Intel's Turbo Memory

...Turbo Memory is designed to take advantage of Windows Vista features like ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive, which improve a notebook's start-up time and performance... Read more

4 June, 2007 by David Meyer

ReadyBoost or ReadyDrag

There has been a lot of mixed feedback on Vista's ReadyBoost feature. Some say they have noticed significant performance boosts, some no seeing... Read more

15 February, 2008

Increase Performance of Windows Vista and Windows 7 Without Upgrading RAM

...Vista and Windows 7 it has become possible with the help of ReadyBoost feature. The ReadyBoost helps you use a pen drive or any other... Read more

4 February, 2010
Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XP

Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XP

...SSDs. The company also said that other features such as Defrag and ReadyBoost would not be used under Windows 7. However, in the RTM version... Read more

30 July, 2009 by Kai Schmerer

Microsoft readies Windows Embedded 'Quebec'

...Space Load Randomization — and on the memory-management front, support for SuperFetch, ReadyBoost and Dynamic System Address Space. On certain devices, the Quebec release will... Read more

9 June, 2008 by Mary Jo Foley

Windows Vista - Here I go again!

...before SP1 will install), and reading David Long's good article about ReadyBoost (which reminded me that I have 1 GB of Intel TurboMemory in... Read more

19 February, 2008
Windows Vista SP1

Windows Vista SP1

It's always good to install the latest code for any operating system, but installing Windows Vista SP1 will require some users to spend a few hours without any visible or tangible improvements to their systems. Read more

12 February, 2008 by Robert Vamosi

Microsoft 'frightened' by police XP hack

At a Get Safe Online event, Serious Organised Crime Agency officers have demonstrated how easy it is to crack into Microsoft's OS Read more

13 November, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft denies Sony's Vista hardware claims

...known as Santa Rosa), which makes use of Vista features such as ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive. These features use non-volatile "third-stage" memory alongside a... Read more

7 June, 2007 by David Meyer

Sony rejects Turbo Memory over Vista concerns

...embedded flash module designed to utilise features of Windows Vista, such as ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive, to improve notebooks' start-up time and performance. Launched as... Read more

5 June, 2007 by David Meyer

Unconvinced about Vista

...efficiently. What does bump my Oblivion back up to normality is utilising ReadyBoost (pseudo-RAM from an SD card in my case), but frankly that... Read more

24 April, 2007

Vista - do I or don't I?

...about the hardware keeping up (though I really want to try out ReadyBoost), and my few peripherals are pretty recent too. On the other hand... Read more

26 March, 2007

Microsoft moves to block hybrid Vista

Update tackles a product-activation workaround that the software maker has dubbed 'Frankenbuild' Read more

15 December, 2006 by Ina Fried
Windows Vista: Top Ten Tips & Tricks

Windows Vista: Top Ten Tips & Tricks

...a new concept for adding additional performance to a running system. Windows ReadyBoost lets people use flash memory on a USB 2.0 drive, SD... Read more

2 November, 2006

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

6 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

6 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

7 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

9 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

11 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

12 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

14 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

15 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

15 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

16 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

17 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

18 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

19 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

19 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry