No, hybrid drives are distinct from ReadyBoost


Kevin Weaver wrote:
> Are you talking about ReadyBoost ? If so, It's using a USB Thumb drive
> as more memory for the system.
> I've Installed it. But it only works with some USB Thumb drives not all.
>
> It works, No numbers to show how much. But It's always accessing that
> drive by the light flashing.
> I have a 1mb being used. Out of 4 that I own only 2 would be seen to be
> used. It will test it before giving the ok for it to be used. I'm trying
> it to see how long it's going to last before it dies.
>
> A friend uses a 4 gb one and tells me that he can see a big Improvement.
> YMMV
>
> Richard wrote:
>> One of the alleged magic tricks you can do with a laptop and a high
>> end version of Vista is install a "Hybrid" Hard Drive or a second Hard
>> Drive consisting of one of all solid state memory instead of a
>> rotating disk.
>>
>> Has anyone tried this yet? If so does it in fact speed up any process
>> or reduce power consumption, as alleged by Microsoft? I have yet to
>> read any reviews of this technology, but lots of news about the new
>> drives hitting the market.
>>
>> Richard.
>>
>>