Windows Vista Readyboost - any difference?

[Ian]

I got 2 x 2GB pen drives for free yesterday (thanks to a free £10 voucher from Staples!), and they are fast enough to use as a Readyboost Drive.

I've had it in for about 24 hours now, but I've not noticed any difference at all. I didn't expect much, but I thought I might notice something

Has anyone here noticed any difference from using this? I saw Mucks had an old post here about it, and seemed to see a difference.

 

[Taffycat]

I've got a 4 GB SanDisk Cruzer which I tried out for a few weeks last year. Truth to tell, I didn't notice any difference at all.

 

[muckshifter]

Well, I won't swear to it but ... I have been doing a lot of 'work' with pictures, especially from a Canon EOS 400/40 and the RAW files it produces ... I do find the little light on the 'Cruzer' drive flashing like mad as I access these files. They are big buggers.

My deduction may not be that scientific, but it does look like it's doing something.

According to my reading from around the net, Readyboost will 'kick-in' in low memory situations ... however, it is basically an "aid" to your hard drive cache.

 

[Adywebb]

I'm installing Vista Ultimate 64bit on one of my machines shortly so I'll be able to try Readyboost eventually.........you may also see a few posts later screaming for help

 

[Nobody in particular]

I got 2 x 2GB pen drives for free yesterday (thanks to a free £10 voucher from Staples!), and they are fast enough to use as a Readyboost Drive.

I've had it in for about 24 hours now, but I've not noticed any difference at all. I didn't expect much, but I thought I might notice something

Has anyone here noticed any difference from using this? I saw Mucks had an old post here about it, and seemed to see a difference.

Lol, To be honest I didn't notice any difference (I used 1 1Gb SanDisk) must be one of those useless features in Vista lol