While it's not as necessary on newer hardware, old and less capable desktops or laptops could get a helpful boost from any USB storage drives lying around.

OK, I've got a machine with a Phenom II x4 940 and 4GB of RAM. I've got an extra 4GB flash drive with a broken case, that I'm thinking I can devote to ReadyBoost. Is there any point to doing so? Will ...

Readyboost caches frequently used program files and is meant to speedup boot times and application launch times. In addition to using the drive for readyboost you can also put your pagefile and temp ...

On the plus side, one of the Vista's most useful new features is a utility called ReadyBoost. This utility lets a user to plug in a compatible Flash drive and turn over some (or even all) of the drive ...