Alfred Kaufmann wrote:[color=blue]
> I have been reading that Ready Boost only works with a USB drive but
> on the Microsoft website is say USB Drive or SD memory card. Which is
> right?
>
> I am thinking of getting an SD Memory card for a laptop which seems
> like molasses, at least to me. It currently has 522MB and I
> recommended going to at least 1GB with no success. I think I can
> insert my own SD card so it will run a bit faster at least I am using
> it.[/color]

SD will work as long as it meets the requirements for ReadyBoost. That is
2.5MB/sec throughput for 4K random reads and 1.75MB/sec throughput for 512K
random writes. For more info on ReadyBoost see
[url]http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx[/url].
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Tom Porterfield