[DUG] [DUG-Offtopic] new PC

[Alister Christie]

Adding ram is always better than ready boost.  How fast was the flash drive?

Alister Christie
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John Bird wrote:
> I tried a USB read-boost  (Toshiba 2GB one which said it was ready-boost 
> ready.)  As far as I could tell it made no difference at all.  However 
> upping memory to 4GB certainly did.   Process Explorer said I was often 
> using more than 2GB Ram, I think Vista 32 bit can use a bit over 3GB, and 
> the rest gets using for caching.
>
> Have heard mixed reports about Vista 64 bit.  Most say its excellent, one 
> friend I have who does heavy duty work with high definition video 
> editing/composiiting/animation says its totally crap as he blue screens it 
> all the time.
>
> John
>   
>>> D2007 runs very well with 4GB memory, a big improvement from when I
>>>       
>> I've been in 2GB for a while, recently upping to 3, but also running
>> a  4GB SD card for ReadyBoost 'n such.
>>
>>     
>>> -Occasionally fails to resume after suspend, and I lose everything
>>> open. (So I record what windows are open as part of the suspend).
>>>       
>> Very rare, but I see that occasionally. Or a spontanous reboot going
>> into sleep mode (that's what it looks like anyway). Could be drivers
>> I guess, but too rare to bother trying to track.
>>
>>     
>>> -After resume there is a long wait (20-30 sec) while a dialogue pops
>>> up saying "Windows Explorer is not responding - do you want to
>>>       
>> Never seen that. I'm usually resuming from Sleep mode; I don't
>> hibernate, and only reboot about once a week.
>>
>>     
>>> These are computers that you have had Vista installed for a while
>>>       
>
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