Has anyone been able to prove that they actually do ANYTHING?

"Mike" <mike@home> wrote in message
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> http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/Default.aspx?CatID=1472
>
> I know they are not supposed to be available until 3/07 but I got one
> yesterday (2GB) in the MS "goody bag" at the Vista launch in NYC and it
> works like a dream,
>
>
> "JP" <jp********.com> wrote in message
> news:%23lGHV6JRHHA.1908@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> As the others have said, you need to add memory to your laptop.
>> Minimum requirements posted by Microsoft and real world requirements
>> have always been different. In the real world, Vista needs1GB of memory,
>> 2 GB or more for the best performance.
>>
>> As far as ReadyBoost - MS has published minimum requirements.
>> Not all flash drives meet these requirements. I think now with Vista
>> released
>> to the general public, you will start seeing Vista Ready flash drives.
>>
>> In the meantime - check out this info. Scroll down to
>> "Rules for ReadyBoost Drives"
>>
>> http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/winvistafaq.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> "moose" <moose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A4CA93D2-75D1-4257-9DAA-9AF5CC38E783@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi,
>>> my laptop has 512mb ram, and to run vista home premium 'properly' i need
>>> 1gig according to the windows vista requirements. I want to get the
>>> full
>>> benefits of vista (like aero).
>>> if i had a flash drive would it increase my ram to allow me to have 3d
>>> aero
>>> etc.
>>> i currently have a kingston data traveller 1 gb pen drive that i use for
>>> college. i have also seen a "corsair turboFlash windows ready boost
>>> accelerator". it comes in 512mb and 1gb, 1gb costs around £15. will
>>> these
>>> work in the way that i want them to and is worth me buying them. thanks
>>> www.corsair.com (search for turboflash)
>>>
>>> "Funkspiel" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like the Patriot XPorter XT 2gb.
>>>> Compatibility chart here:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/readyboost/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Chupacabra" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > "Chris" <nospam@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
>>>> > news:gz5YoaDWVqBFFwgY@[127.0.0.1]...
>>>> >
>>>> > > What's the best usb memory stick to augment RAM?
>>>> > > I haven't got one at the moment - so I might as well get a good
>>>> > > one.
>>>> > > Is it as fast as RAM?
>>>> >
>>>> > I bought a Kingston Data Traveler on sale this week at Circuit City.
>>>> > Supposed to be one of the faster drives, especially for random
>>>> > access, and
>>>> > it was mentioned on a site I found as being one of the few that works
>>>> > with
>>>> > ReadyBoost.
>>>> >
>>>> > Vista RC1 accepted it just find and I dedicated 860MB out of 1GB to
>>>> > ReadyBoost. Not sure I can see much difference yet, but my system
>>>> > has 2GB
>>>> > of RAM already as well.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>
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