Peter Staack Product Testimonials & Reviews

I've been running Windows Vista ReadyBoost on my laptop, with a fairly decent 1GB USB flash drive, for a few weeks. It did speed the startup of my most commonly-used applications (ThumbsPlus, Illustrator, Firefox, Remote Administrator, OpenOffice Writer and WinRAR), though only marginally. I didn't notice much at first, but my timer doesn't lie, stuff was a second or more faster to open.

Last week, there was a great deal on a name-brand 2GB 150x SD card. It's a bigger / faster drive on a faster bus, a smaller form factor, and I get a USB port back for only $30. Yay, TigerDirect!

I configured the whole 1.8GB active volume on the SD card for ReadyBoost... And, you know what? It actually did bump things up a little bit more. Again, it's not a huge leap in performance, but every little bit helps. It even boosted the score of my Windows Experience Index disk rating, presumably because my hard drive isn't working as hard as a SuperFetch scratch disk. Well, I'm guessing. I admit, I don't really know the nitty-gritty of ReadyBoost, though one can read up more on Tom Archer's blog entry, featuring Microsoft Windows Client Performance Program Manager Program Manager Matt Ayers.

Cross-posted on my LiveJournal - Microsoft Windows Vista ReadyBoost