Help with New Laptop info??

[daffy67]

Vista caches almost all your available RAM for use, it releases as necessary for programs etc.
Sure it likes fast hardware, it's actually better at memory management than XP.

[Burky]

Vista caches almost all your available RAM for use, it releases as necessary for programs etc.
Sure it likes fast hardware, it's actually better at memory management than XP.

Thats good to know, some hate Vista but then others say it's great

The i used was Windows Me, Fark what a nightmare. When it worked it was ok then it would crash XP fixed that
What is the deal with the data key and Vista?? I was told that you can use a data key to boost the Ram with Vista

[daffy67]

Vista caches almost all your available RAM for use, it releases as necessary for programs etc.
Sure it likes fast hardware, it's actually better at memory management than XP.

Thats good to know, some hate Vista but then others say it's great

The i used was Windows Me, Fark what a nightmare. When it worked it was ok then it would crash XP fixed that
What is the deal with the data key and Vista?? I was told that you can use a data key to boost the Ram with Vista

You can use thumb drives, even SD cards and the like and it's called ReadyBoost.
No free lunch however, some drives will work, some wont.
Why?-various reasons, some makers are testing their products and marketing them as 'readyboost' enabled/compatible-now they get to charge more $$.

Testing has shown (and it's NOT conclusive) but is logical that systems with not much RAM (say 512MB) will benefit from ReadyBoost.
As most will know when you run out of RAM the page file on your HDD is used, with a ReadyBoost drive installed this will now get used before/in addition to the page file. The HDD is the slowest part as it relies on mechanics to do it's work.