plugged in usb 1gb stick and vista wants to use it?

[lovely?]

hey i ordered vista and this 1gb stick came free with it from newegg, but when i plugged it in, vista said that it wanted to use it to make my system faster? what is it going on about?

 

[lovely?]

oh its calling it a ready boost file, and its 230MB in the usb drive. anyone know what this is, what it does, and if its worth it?

 

[kof2000]

is useful if you have little ram.

 

[munkyeetr]

is useful if you have little ram.

Yeah. Was discussed in this post.

 

[Lord Of The Ming]

Pretty Much, It takes advantage of the high speed of USB 2 to allow you to use a USB stick as an extension to your RAM.

 

[lovely?]

huh, that sounds interesting, but i cant see it being very fast, i mean even a 64mb chip had something like 184 pins, whereas this stick only has 4. i think that will restrict its speed

 

[vonfeldt7]

^^ it does restrict the speed, its nowhere near as fast as actual ram, but its better than nothing for people who have little ram.

 

[lovely?]

i see its kind of an inbetween from ram and hd