Whatever happened to the Windows USB RAM boost?

Anybody ever used it? What did it do for you?

Did Microsoft drop it?

Partly curious, thanks.

On 11/29/2012 6:17 PM, John Doe wrote:
Anybody ever used it? What did it do for you?

Did Microsoft drop it?

Partly curious, thanks.

Just an opinion off the cuff-
It's too slow for many of today's systems and uses.
Systems with Gigs of high speed RAM don't really benefit
from USB RAM Boost.

"John Doe" wrote in message ...

Anybody ever used it? What did it do for you?
Did Microsoft drop it?
Partly curious, thanks.

Yes, Not much
No (supported on Vista, Win7, Win8)

In the last episode of , John Doe
said:

Anybody ever used it? What did it do for you?

Did Microsoft drop it?

Partly curious, thanks.

It still exists. However, it's somewhat pointless since RAM is so much
cheaper today, SSDs are cheap and negate the need to use flash as a
cache, and Windows itself is so much lighter weight than Vista.

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Hi John,

Windows USB RAM Boost feature is known as Windows ReadyBoost. Windows
Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 support this feature. This feature uses
external USB flash drives as a hard disk cache to improve disk read
performance. For information on this, please visit the following link:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...res/readyboost

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:17:52 +0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

Anybody ever used it? What did it do for you?

Did Microsoft drop it?

Partly curious, thanks.

With 64 bit systems there's no good reason for it anymore. If you
want the performance boost do it with real RAM. Readyboost existed
when that wasn't an option.

In the last episode of ,
Loren Pechtel said:

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:17:52 +0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

Anybody ever used it? What did it do for you?

Did Microsoft drop it?

Partly curious, thanks.

With 64 bit systems there's no good reason for it anymore. If you
want the performance boost do it with real RAM. Readyboost existed
when that wasn't an option.

That, plus when ReadyBoost came out, RAM was expensive and it wasn't
practical to max out hardware RAM capacities.

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The nice thing about standards, there is enough for everyone to have their own.

DevilsPGD wrote:
In the last episode of ,
Loren Pechtel said:

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:17:52 +0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

Anybody ever used it? What did it do for you?

Did Microsoft drop it?

Partly curious, thanks.
With 64 bit systems there's no good reason for it anymore. If you
want the performance boost do it with real RAM. Readyboost existed
when that wasn't an option.

That, plus when ReadyBoost came out, RAM was expensive and it wasn't
practical to max out hardware RAM capacities.


Enjoy the cheap RAM while it's still available.

You know those memory guys, are eventually going to "get even".
My guess is, it's going to come as a shock when it happens.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...ansaction.html

Paul

The lone Microsoft Ranger...

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Rajath N Rajath.N.5my4lz no.email.invalid wrote:


Hi John,

Windows USB RAM Boost feature is known as Windows ReadyBoost.
Windows
Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 support this feature. This feature
uses
external USB flash drives as a hard disk cache to improve disk read
performance. For information on this, please visit the following
link:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-
US/windows7/products/features/readyboost

In the last episode of , Paul
said:

DevilsPGD wrote:
In the last episode of ,
Loren Pechtel said:

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:17:52 +0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

Anybody ever used it? What did it do for you?

Did Microsoft drop it?

Partly curious, thanks.
With 64 bit systems there's no good reason for it anymore. If you
want the performance boost do it with real RAM. Readyboost existed
when that wasn't an option.

That, plus when ReadyBoost came out, RAM was expensive and it wasn't
practical to max out hardware RAM capacities.


Enjoy the cheap RAM while it's still available.

You know those memory guys, are eventually going to "get even".
My guess is, it's going to come as a shock when it happens.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...ansaction.html

RAM goes up, RAM goes down. I remember in the early 2000s when I
couldn't even get a wholesaler to quote me on RAM because their cost
changed between when they started typing the invoice and when I showed
up at the office; they had so many people placing large spec orders and
then canceling when prices dropped a day later that they refused to
quote until you were physically in the office, and then the quote was
good for immediate payment only.

Sure, the manufacturers will try and squeeze every penny they can, and
good on them. Once the prices go high enough, it will make market sense
to build more factories and high margins won't last forever. No
different than the scarcity of drives after the Thailand flooding.

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The nice thing about standards, there is enough for everyone to have their own.