i have a frend hu is using p3 with 256mb and 10gb HDD they said his computer is slow and not good in performance they asking how and what he nid to do to boost the speed of his pc......plz we need your responde more power to the team godbless to all.....
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What is Windows ReadyBoost and does it improve performance?
Hi, I recently bought a new laptop with Windows Vista and I would like to improve the speed of it. Some one mentioned to me that using Windows ReadyBoost using a USB flash drive to boost performance. But left with many questions unanswered in hopes that you can help me. What exactly is ReadyBoost and what does it do exactly to help boost performance? Does it really work that well? I know it requires a USB flash drive or card, but does it make a difference what kind of drive I should use or does it require something that is fast? How much memory should I consider for the flash drive? I've gone through the Internet and read a few articles that mentioned that ReadyBoost does initially help performance in the beginning, but over time the performance gains starts to deteriorate. Is this true? If that's the case, is it even worth getting into? Any help and explanations will be helpful. Thank you in advance.
Submitted by Garrett G.
Here are some member answer to start, but please do read on in the discussion thread for many more members' experiences and advice.
ReadyBoost--the good, the bad, and the ugly...
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-10149_102-0.html?forumID=7&threadID=295770&messageID=2779871#2779871
ReadyBoost is a bit overrated.
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-10149_102-0.html?forumID=7&threadID=295770&messageID=2780295#2780295
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Although hard disks my have more than one platter and as a consequence more than one read/write head (one for each surface) there is but one positioner, therefore the heads move together - you can seek but on thing at a time See the following web sites for purther details.
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/index.htm
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/op/index.htm
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i like games. my new laptop is one of those "bloated vista machines". my machine is off the shelf. with a graphics card allegedly good enough to run games. if i can run bioshock with all features turned on, no lag, snappy load times, i'm happy. if performance gain can be had by stuffing a chaep geek stick in the side i'm happy.
my response to the peaple who say xp always, vista never. enjoy yourselves. i stuck with 98 until xp had had a sp or 2 under its belt. remember, xp was the bloated os in it's time also. i had thought my desktop would remain my home sytem. it's getting dusty and my laptop took over just like with my 98 machine. i'm happy
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