I haven't heard anything about these features in Vista, but I did have a big discussion recently about solid state machines. I really think that's the way things are going to go, and it would obviously be fast as shit. It would be nice if the commercial version took advantage of some of these things.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 7:44 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Vista PCs next year with new features? > > VISTA is due out next year for consumers, end of January. > > But, some people may wish to purchase computers now. Sure you can get > a kick ass machine with lots of RAM, the new 8800GTX DX10 Card from > Nvidia etc. today...but would you be spending money 'behind the curve' > when new systems are due out in a month or so? > > VISTA has three new features- SuperFetch and ReadyBoost and I forget > the third. Basically these are supposed to use FLASH memory to load > parts of the OS and frequently run programs,as well as to speed up > Boot times (rumored to be near instantaneous in some cases). > > You are supposed to be able to stick just about any USB 2.0 drive that > meets the speed requirements into your machine (Some have hit 8GB > apparently) and VISTA will do some fancy stuff and use the USB drive > as the FLASH memory for its superfetch operations. This bypasses your > 'slow' hard disk entirely. > > However, the concern is will the top tier enthusiast manufacturers be > bringing out machines with special VISTA features? For example > including a FLASH board in the machine itself, or configuring the BIOS > and system so that you get the 'Instant On' feature out the box etc. > > I'm not seeing any postings on the technology sites about this sort of > thing, but I'm thinking it should be something that the Enthusiast > manufacturers (Alienware, Dell XPS, Velocity, WidowPC,Voodoo PC, > Falcon NW etc.) will provide. > > On the other hand, if these features aren't as fantastic performance > wise as they appear to be on paper, then no manufacturer is going to > setup machines specifically to take advantage of them. They will leave > it up to the consumer to use a USB stick or other method if they so > desire. > > Has anyone heard anything about these features? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221705 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
