ReadyBoost on Windows 7, Anyone?

ReadyBoost on Windows 7, Anyone?: "

ReadyBoost is a feature first introduced in Windows Vista wherein an external drive when plugged in the Vista box can be utilized for memory functions by the operating system. The Windows Vista with ReadyBoost would theoretically act as a memory extension for the operating system and cache would be put in their for faster access of the system.

Flash drive manufacturers had all sorts of flash drive ready for ReadyBoost but as it turns out the utilization of Windows Vista didn’t show significant improvements. The real winners are the manufacturers not the users here.

In Windows 7 however, reports say that the ReadyBoost is showing significant improvements during shut down times and during the usage of the operating system.

Joseph Plazo from Connected Internet says that Adobe Audition show some delightful results and when playing very large soundfiles that are around 60 MB to 120 MB of hard disk space things seems a lot faster. When tried the ReadyBoost Joseph consistently experienced 20% better performance especially when operating on very large files and when the USB flash drive is unplugged, performance decline is noticeable.

This is really very good news since my current laptop has only 2 GB of RAM and for technical reasons I wouldn’t be able to upgrade this any further. The performance of my computer is declining as more patches and upgrades on various applications are installed and getting a toll on my computer. When I hear that ReadyBoost in Windows 7 works and provides an additional 20% increase in performance, I would definitely want to reformat and install the latest operating system from Microsoft.

This is the easiest and simplest hardware upgrade for aging computers and I hope that it really works. I still don’t know which USB drives are best suited for this task on Windows 7 but would definitely be on the lookout.