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Just went to this link (http://www.dvd.co.uk/index_mem_usb.asp) and saw the price of the SanDisk Cruzer Micro at £25 and thought it was a mistake, but no, it's available everywhere for a similar price. I'm certain that less than a month ago I couldn't find a single 8GB drive for less than £40. It's just amazing how quickly they drop in price these days. The problem is, every time the capacity doubles but the price stays the same I buy another one! My 2GB is barely a year old and I got a 4GB back in November.
Maybe I'll skip this one and wait for a reasonably priced 16GB. :D
Stan_Lite
27-01-2008, 01:07
I bought a 16Gb about a year ago - cost me about £100. It survived going through the wash on the rig the first time but not the second time :(
If the 8Gbs are that cheap, I may well have one. Will come in handy when I get me one of those Asus Eees.
That's not good, for the memory or your pocket. :(
Sounds like you might want to get one of those Corsair Flash Survivor things that got the Gadget Show treatment not so long ago. :)
Wonder if they're quick enough for a Vista Readyboost cache? The thinking is that the stick should be double the physical RAM and I've got 4Gb. The old one I had is on the kids PC being a readyboost cache for their box!
Amazon do a Buffalo 8G drive for £22 !
Wonder if they're quick enough for a Vista Readyboost cache?
I'm not sure the SanDisk drive I had was that quick, but then to be fair I'm not sure how quick a quick drive should be?
Anyway, as goes ReadyBoost, I'd personally suggest saving your money. From what I've read ReadyBoost is a solution to a situation you'd be better off avoiding anyway (namely only having 1GB RAM). Having 2GB RAM proved faster than 1GB + ReadyBoost. In addition, Vista has to rebuild the cache every time you suspend/hibernate/reboot (Vista won't trust any cached data already present). Even the TurboCache solutions (which do survive reboots) have proved to be of dubious worth in testing (though they're pretty small at 256/512MB, so a comparison probably isn't fair).
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=103278
16 gig for 40 squids if anyone needs.
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=103278
16 gig for 40 squids if anyone needs.
Will order a couple, thanks
LeperousDust
27-01-2008, 22:03
I'm not sure the SanDisk drive I had was that quick, but then to be fair I'm not sure how quick a quick drive should be?
Anyway, as goes ReadyBoost, I'd personally suggest saving your money. From what I've read ReadyBoost is a solution to a situation you'd be better off avoiding anyway (namely only having 1GB RAM). Having 2GB RAM proved faster than 1GB + ReadyBoost. In addition, Vista has to rebuild the cache every time you suspend/hibernate/reboot (Vista won't trust any cached data already present). Even the TurboCache solutions (which do survive reboots) have proved to be of dubious worth in testing (though they're pretty small at 256/512MB, so a comparison probably isn't fair).
Readboosy is useless no matter what! :p
I've used 1Gb daily, i tried two different 2gb sticks i have that are both compatible, barely any difference. I tried a 1gb San disk Pro III (Whatever their fastest is) and it still made frig all difference. Best advice is to use memory sticks as memory sticks and save up for some more RAM (you all know i did this, and WHOOSH!).
More RAM >>>>>>>>> Silly flash stick.
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