Does ANYONE have any real experience using a USB Devise with Ready Boost? I would hate to waste the money on a flash drive if it's not really worth it.
Thanks...Johnhttp://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-vista-superfetch-and-readyboostanalyzed,1532.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost
http://www.activewin.com/reviews/hardware/memory/vista/readyboost.shtml
Reviews on Windows Vista/7 Readyboost.


I have tried it on a Sony VAIO W Netbook(1GB DDR2 667 RAM) and have seen noticeable performance improvements when loading Google Sketchup, Google Earth, and the Office Suite. Boot times were noticeably decreased. However, when testing out games such as the RPG Mytheon and NFS: ProStreet on its GMA 3150, its frame rate stayed the same, and once I turned up the details on NFS, the frame rate actually plummeted to a new low with ReadyBoost on. The Vaio was running Windows 7 Home Premium. On the AMD computer in my specs, ReadyBoost on Win 7 had no noticeable effects.I have a 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom II x4 system with 4 GB RAM. I set up Readyboost with a 4 GB pen drive; I couldn't tell any difference when it was first activated. I just forgot about it, and a couple of months later I looked in the pen drive's properties and found it wasn't being USED for Readyboost any more. I had no idea when or how it got turned off. I have heard that it makes the most difference if you have 1 GB or less of RAM.
In short Ready Boost does little or nothing...
I've tested on over 12 different setups and saw no noticable difference...