As long as you get something sold as an SSD, you should be fine. They generally have much better wear levelling than flash storage drives. On May 17, 2012 10:07 AM, "Jonathan Berry" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've seen even crummy USB2 memory sticks touted as > Readyboost devices for modern computers. > > So I'm wondering if putting say a 4 GB memory card in > the Express-thingie slot of my X32, and assigning it > as the Swap partition under XP, might speed things up > and reduce access to hard drive. Yes, it's still a > mechanical drive. > > I *never* use the Express-thingie slot for anything > else. > > Other considerations might include: hiding the new swap > partition, not assigning it a letter, how fast would swap- > filing kill the card?, what's the minimum speed / brand of > card that would make this a speed improvement over the > status quo, using the mechanical drive for swapping? > > Anybody tried such a thing? > > > > -- > happy > Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
