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    OCZ VBoost For Vista

    OCZ Technology have today, unleashed their VBoost USB 2.0 flash drive range, specially designed for use with Windows Vista's 'ReadyBoost' feature.

    Discover more in this HEXUS.headline.

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    looks good, i'm all for a vista boost lol

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    tbh i think all this 'designed for vista' & 'Vista ready Boost capable' is all crappy marketing to boost sales, 'specially designed for it'? gawd i thought all memory sticks with a high enough transfer rate could do ready boost?

    i mean how many companys have not currently got a 'ready boost capable' range?

    how many people here actually this technology currently?
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    more ram > vista readyboost, isnt it?

    if so, why bother with this, its just a poor mans ram ...surely?

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    What's stopping me making an existing stick into one of these? (that's a serious question!)

    I think I agree with jack, it all appears to be marketing
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    Quote Originally Posted by jackvdbuk View Post
    tbh i think all this 'designed for vista' & 'Vista ready Boost capable' is all crappy marketing to boost sales
    i got a sticker on my new sticks of Corsair Value Select, which helpfully told m that infact it WAS Vista compatible.

    as you can imagine i was VERY relieved to hear that
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    Quote Originally Posted by MadduckUK View Post
    i got a sticker on my new sticks of Corsair Value Select, which helpfully told m that infact it WAS Vista compatible.

    as you can imagine i was VERY relieved to hear that
    made me laugh that did!

    surely puttin that would mean loads of noobs would buy it when infact have DDR2 and they bought DDr1 ram 'because they have vista'

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    Quote Originally Posted by MadduckUK View Post
    i got a sticker on my new sticks of Corsair Value Select, which helpfully told m that infact it WAS Vista compatible.

    as you can imagine i was VERY relieved to hear that
    LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by jackvdbuk View Post
    made me laugh that did!

    surely puttin that would mean loads of noobs would buy it when infact have DDR2 and they bought DDr1 ram 'because they have vista'
    I'm putting off on buying my new car, untill it is vista certified, with sticker and COA

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    I have used several different USB Pen Drives and they all support the Vista Readyboost feature.

    This is just product marketing. You can use just about any USB Pen, SD card etc. with Vista Readyboost and it really does make a big difference to performance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mycarsavw View Post
    What's stopping me making an existing stick into one of these? (that's a serious question!)

    I think I agree with jack, it all appears to be marketing
    Quote Originally Posted by therover View Post
    I have used several different USB Pen Drives and they all support the Vista Readyboost feature.

    This is just product marketing. You can use just about any USB Pen, SD card etc. with Vista Readyboost and it really does make a big difference to performance.
    I tried this over the weekend. The second I inserted the stick Vista asked if I wanted to enable Readyboost.
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    Quote Originally Posted by therover View Post
    You can use just about any USB Pen, SD card etc. with Vista Readyboost and it really does make a big difference to performance.
    I am sure I read an article which showed that it gave little to no performance increase. With the current RAM prices your money would be better spent on some more main memory.

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    I recently fitted an Asus P7131H TV Tuner card and the TV Playback was jittery and the sound was breaking up. After fitting an old 256Mb USB Pen and setting readyboost playback was perfect.

    Agreed that it would probably not make much difference in all circumstances, but in my PC it made a big difference

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    Sounds like an option if you require a quick fix but for long term I think this idea isn't as grand as people make it out to be.

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