Yep, it was discussed at a Vista intro presentation here that I attended. Kevin said it was talked about at the recent MS conference in Vegas, too. Oddly, it's one of the only ideas that wasn't blatantly stolen from a competitor, yet it's getting the least press.
On 12/5/06, loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:221742 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
