Windows 7 - ReadyBoost on a Netbook!

[rex000]

Hello,

Not sure where this thread should go, thought storage would be somewhat appropriate...

I just learned of this new/old feature called Readyboost that I could use to speed up my slow netbook! I thought I would try it out when I have the time, but I would to ask for some comments/opinions on the whole idea at the same time.

So this is going to happen on my 1 year old Gateway LT21 netbook (I heard it doesn't help on high end PCs anyway):

Specs:
Intel Atom N450 1.66Ghz (Single Core w/ Hyper Threading)
Kingston 1GB DDR2 PC2-6400 SODIMM RAM
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB 5400RPM Hard Drive

Now, I just found an old MicroSD card w/ Adapter... the specifications lead me to believe this is a 2GB Class 4 SD card. I am wondering if this is sufficient for ReadyBoost to present a noticeable increase in performance, or should I try looking for something more?

Should I be getting a card with larger capacity? There must be a limit to the performance increase...
Is Class 10 significantly better?
Is a MicroSD worse than a regular SD?


Also, what type of performance increase should I be expecting?
A faster windows boot/shutdown?
Faster application loading time?
More responsive/snappier system?
All of the above?
None of the above?

Thanks!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/33289-readyboost-setup-use.html

Should answer your questions ^

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/readyboost

 

[rex000]

Thanks for the reply Area51reopened.

The links above were indeed helpful, but I couldn't find the answers to the specific questions I was asking.

I wonder... maybe I'm just too curious. I am most likely giong to use this SD card regardless.... T~T

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Just make sure the card is readyboost certified.

 

[rex000]

Great, thanks for the response. It does work with ready boost, I hope the performance increase is worth my sacrificing my 2GB SD card =="