Desktop Linux Results 2007

Daryl Tester dt-linuxsa at handcraftedcomputers.com.au
Fri Aug 24 22:27:26 CST 2007


Darryl Ross wrote:

>> Not exactly RAM, but close enough that the staff in DSE probably don't
>> know the difference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost

Cool - swapping to a "limited write" removeable device shouldn't have
any unforeseeable side effects ...

Also from the article:

"According to Jim Allchin, for future releases of Windows,
 ReadyBoost will be able to use spare RAM on other networked
 Windows Vista PCs."

When did disk latency become slower than the network?

"Vista - not so complex that we can't slap another layer of
 features over the top".


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  Daryl Tester

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