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I put my laptop into sleep often and what ReadyBoost means for me is that it pops back on in 2 or 3 seconds, much faster than waiting for the hard drives to spin up. It also means Outlook starts in 2 seconds. This is one of my favorite Vista features. Not every USB drive will work for ReadyBoost, it has to be a moderately fast drive.  TG Daily did a thorough write-up on SuperFetch and ReadyBoost today, including charts and numbers.

Update: Check out the new ASUS Vista-specific motherboards with built-in ReadyBoost memory and an external Windows SideShow device. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Vista-ReadyBoost-A-look-at-the-numbers Last month when I was at CES, I was handed a big green box on the way out of the Microsoft Press Tent. I almost didn't take it, but I'm glad I did. Along with a full copy of Legos Star Wars, there were some other goodies in the box including a 2GB flash drive with "Enhanced for ReadyBoost" printed on the back. I had seen the term before when plugging in other USB drives to Vista, but I wasn't sure what it was - this is a feature you need to know about. ReadyBoost and SuperFetch are ways to use the fast read speed on a thumb drive rather than the slower read speed of a mechanical hard drive. I put my laptop into sleep often and what ReadyBoost means for me is that it pops back on in 2 or 3 seconds, much faster than waiting for the hard drives to spin up. It also means Outlook starts in 2 seconds. This is one of my favorite Vista features. Not every USB drive will work for ReadyBoost, it has to be a moderately fast drive.  TG Daily did a thorough write-up on SuperFetch and ReadyBoost today, including charts and numbers.Update: Check out the new ASUS Vista-specific motherboards with built-in ReadyBoost memory and an external Windows SideShow device. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Vista-ReadyBoost-A-look-at-the-numbers Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:48:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Vista-ReadyBoost-A-look-at-the-numbers Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Vista-ReadyBoost-A-look-at-the-numbers/RSS Vista Windows Vista ReadyBoost SuperFetch