Pizza Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 what do you thinks of ReadyBoost in Windows Vista? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 vako can you add a minimum post requirement for polls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabath Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Yeah........I agree...............I nearly posted a poll on asking peeps opinions on sausage with marmalade or ketchup...............whats theie fav? Please stop me from posting polls like this by putting a min 5000 post limit before your allowed :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 ready boost doesnt help much it may make some larger programs open a little faster but it doesnt increase the performance of the programs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 As well as not been too good, it also has a silly name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 wtf is readyboost? people need to explain their polls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 wtf is readyboost? people need to explain their polls. ReadyBoost is Windows Vista's System for Expanding Your Systems Memory by Using your Flash Memory Stick as an Addition to your Memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 wtf is readyboost? people need to explain their polls. ReadyBoost is Windows Vista's System for Expanding Your Systems Memory by Using your Flash Memory Stick as an Addition to your Memory. Actually it's not, it's used as a file cache for often used files and data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzinh Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I have a 1GB sony microvault on my Acer t180 acting as ready boost... makes alot of difference loading apps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 I have a 1GB sony microvault on my Acer t180 acting as ready boost... makes alot of difference loading apps! i got 2gig i use 1.75gig of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felony_destined Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 is this compatible with XP? since I dont intend on ever upgrading to vista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 is this compatible with XP? since I dont intend on ever upgrading to vista Its a feature built in to Windows Vista, there may be an Equivilent for XP, try googling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felony_destined Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 is this compatible with XP? since I dont intend on ever upgrading to vista Its a feature built in to Windows Vista, there may be an Equivilent for XP, try googling it. Kind of off topic, but your signature made me wonder, what is it called when you have 1000TB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Kind of off topic, but your signature made me wonder, what is it called when you have 1000TB? Bits, Nibbles, Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes, Terabytes, Petabytes, Exabytes, Zettabytes, Yottabytes. Edit: ...but now I think about it, what comes next: Bit, Nibble, Byte, Kibibyte, Mebibyte, Gibibyte... err... Tebibytes, Pebibytes, Exibibytes, Zettibibytes and Yottibibytes? C'mon, they're not really going to... are they? :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felony_destined Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I honestly dont think that computers will evolve so much that we will ever need more than a petabyte in HD space (talking about personal computers, of course) ridiculous databases might? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I honestly dont think that computers will evolve so much that we will ever need more than a petabyte in HD space (talking about personal computers, of course) ridiculous databases might? yeah and no one will ever need more then 640k of memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felony_destined Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I honestly dont think that computers will evolve so much that we will ever need more than a petabyte in HD space (talking about personal computers, of course) ridiculous databases might? yeah and no one will ever need more then 640k of memory Dont mock me. I know Bill Gates once made that foolish comment, but atleast not between now and the time I die... I just really dont see anyone needing that much space, what file could actually be that large? maybe one day there will be like giant media files that are 3D holograms, and average file size is like 50GB each, but until then... I just dont see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I honestly dont think that computers will evolve so much that we will ever need more than a petabyte in HD space (talking about personal computers, of course) ridiculous databases might? yeah and no one will ever need more then 640k of memory Dont mock me. I know Bill Gates once made that foolish comment, but atleast not between now and the time I die... I just really dont see anyone needing that much space, what file could actually be that large? maybe one day there will be like giant media files that are 3D holograms, and average file size is like 50GB each, but until then... I just dont see it According to Gates he didn't say that... I don't have a source to link you to so I won't press that point... Nevertheless though, with uncompressed HD video we could well need very large HDDs. I don't see it being impossible to use up a petabyte or more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 You only hit the size barrier when you figure out the absolute minimum number of molecules you need to reliably (as in a hundred years or so) maintain a magnetic field. At which point you need a physically bigger space. Or, you could develop a drive that can store 2 bits of data in the same space a regular drive would store one. There by doubling the capacity. or perhaps create a drive that each sector of the disk can have 3 states (rather than two) and figure out a way to store 1.5 bits in every sector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felony_destined Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I honestly dont think that computers will evolve so much that we will ever need more than a petabyte in HD space (talking about personal computers, of course) ridiculous databases might? yeah and no one will ever need more then 640k of memory Dont mock me. I know Bill Gates once made that foolish comment, but atleast not between now and the time I die... I just really dont see anyone needing that much space, what file could actually be that large? maybe one day there will be like giant media files that are 3D holograms, and average file size is like 50GB each, but until then... I just dont see it According to Gates he didn't say that... I don't have a source to link you to so I won't press that point... Nevertheless though, with uncompressed HD video we could well need very large HDDs. I don't see it being impossible to use up a petabyte or more. oh no... impossible is definitlely not the state of HD growth that I was trying to convey, I am simply saying that I do not predict ever seeing a personal HD the size of a petabyte before I die. EDIT: You only hit the size barrier when you figure out the absolute minimum number of molecules you need to reliably (as in a hundred years or so) maintain a magnetic field. At which point you need a physically bigger space. Or, you could develop a drive that can store 2 bits of data in the same space a regular drive would store one. There by doubling the capacity. or perhaps create a drive that each sector of the disk can have 3 states (rather than two) and figure out a way to store 1.5 bits in every sector. I'm not arguing the possibility of developing a drive this size I'm arguing practical usage of a drive this size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I'm not arguing the possibility of developing a drive this size I'm arguing practical usage of a drive this size. porn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Well, you could use quantum storage or similar where information storage is encoded into individual particles, but thats quite a while off yet. As for what you might want to store on the system, how about AI? Something that is to our brains as ours are to ant brains. So while i think humans might come up with the concept of a Yottabyte, i don't think we'll be the ones using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felony_destined Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 *Agrees with Vako* I dont think if I backtracked ALL the porn that I've ever watched in my entire life that it would even amount to 10GB but hey, if you've accumalted a petabyte worth of porn viewing in your life... good job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRGRIM Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I can't see it being all that far off, we have 1TB drives now... only 5 years ago I didn't think we would have 100GB for a long while, I don't even remember how big by first HDD was, it was alot less that a 100MB! This year will probally see 2-3GB drives released? Does anyone know how big a drive can theoretically be? How does the size issue compare vs Solid State? Solid State seems to be rumbling along quite quickly (inc Memory Cards) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 for now solid state doesn't seem good for important data due to much more limited write cycles and a problem with them is that unlike a hard drive which will show signs of it getting ready to die, flash memory often works 100% one monent then suddenly dies the next moment and there just really expensive until they can make them last much longer than a standard hard drive, it will be a bad idea to get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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