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Why ReadyBoost is not a great technology

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I am going to write this one with simplest explanations possible, but still you gotta bear with me, I get technical at times. So here it goes, first of all, there are two terms I will be defining first -<br />
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1. RAM (Random Access Memory) -<br />
Random Access Memory or RAM as we can call it in short, is a computer component (Well, technically it is possessed by a lot of devices including your smartphone, ATM machines, DTH operator boxes, etc).<br />
What it basically does is, store all the files which are needed by a program to execute for a temporary period. That is, when a program starts, it needs a few files to run, it then copies those particular files from the storage drives and then puts them into the RAM.<br />
Why does it do that ?  <br />
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<li>The RAM is about a thousands times faster than the hard drive storage. </li>
<li>RAMs are running at 8 Gb/s while a hard drive runs at 100 mB/s avg. </li>
<li>RAM can be directly accessed by the CPU.</li>
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2. Page file<br />
Page file is a really good technique to arrange files in the RAM. What happens in computing is that the RAM's memory locations are filled and then once they are done being used, they are removed. So, we are left with fragments of free space scattered all over and not connected to each other, and what paging does is that it stores the files randomly but notes down the sequence of that file and where it is stored. This storing is done a hard drive. Here is a diagram for explaining it easily.<br />
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Now that you know these two terms, I'll head further and tell you what a ReadyBoost technology does. <br />
ReadyBoost just replaces a hard drive to the flash drive for paging. Now taking in context the speeds of these, a flash drive hardly reaches 20 mB/s avg. While a good quality hard disk would pop up to at least a hundred.<br />
What else it does is that it caches all the other files on the disk. But is it really needed when you have a disk faster than your flash drive ?<br />
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Why ReadyBoost is not a great technology

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Get iOS/Mac OS like Launcher on Windows PC

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Want a iOS or Mac OS like feel on your Windows Desktop PC?<br />
WinLaunch is the solution for it . When it is activated/launched it turns your Windows Desktop into beautiful App launcher most alike iOS , You may see the screenshots below.<br />
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WinLaunch currently Supports Windows Vista , Windows 7 and Windows 8 . The developer websites says it is optimized for touch displays also for more better feel.<br />
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This launcher comes in 32-bit and 64-bit version. After installing it you may press "F" to drag and drop more icons .<br />
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You may download the launcher from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/winlaunch/" target="_blank">here </a><br />
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Get iOS/Mac OS like Launcher on Windows PC

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Windows 8.1 (Blue) Announced Update it for free

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Windows 8.1 (blue) Released  and you can update it for free if you are using a genuine copy of Windows8 You can Update it for free using Microsoft Update Assistant.<br />
Microsoft in a official blog post  said :<br />
<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">"Today at the </span>JP Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in Boston<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">, Tami Reller shared with the audience that the update previously referred to as “Windows Blue” will be called </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Windows 8.1</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">and will be a free update to Windows 8 for consumers through the Windows Store."</span></i><br />
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Windows 8.1 will be rolled out for Normal people on 26 june , However Dev preview is available for developers<br />
Microsoft also stated that its Store has crossed a 70,000 application mark which is remarkbley high within such a small time.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">If you happen to be one of the small number of users who have a </span>Windows RT<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"> device like Surface RT, we're sure you'll be thrilled to know that the Windows 8.1 update will also be coming to your device.</span></span></div>

Windows 8.1 (Blue) Announced Update it for free

Windows 8.1 (blue) Released and you can update it for free if you are using a genuine copy of Windows8 You can Update it for free using...

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