yitz: Does Windows Ready Boost with an SD card work well on those 1GB 2in1 tablets?
Can it perform as well as a 4GB RAM + HDD notebook?
Always wondered how the 1GB or even 2GB RAM limitation works.
No way. RAM will always be many times faster than Ready Boost which is a limited form of caching. I've seen results that show RAM is 4-12 times faster than Ready Boost.
Ready Boost will usually use the HDD for sequential reads because flash is not so good and HDDs get their best performance reading sequentially. Ready Boost will mainly use flash for non-sequential reads because the HDD is much slower when the heads have to jump around a lot.
Was thinking more along the lines of how a 1GB 2in1 device would perform with say 30 tabs open in Chrome. Would there be any benefit of using ReadyBoost in the case of a 2in1 devices which usually have SSD instead of HDD?
In the sub $400 category, has anyone here ever used one of the USD100 10 inch Android netbooks that you can buy via Aliexpress? A friend asked if they would be any good as a school laptop...
yitz: Was thinking more along the lines of how a 1GB 2in1 device would perform with say 30 tabs open in Chrome. Would there be any benefit of using ReadyBoost in the case of a 2in1 devices which usually have SSD instead of HDD?
Chrome with 30 tabs would normally use at least 1GB RAM so that would be a good test. I wouldn't expect any improvement using ReadyBoost caching over virtual memory on the SSD. Even if the flash memory in both produced the same performance the SSD still has a clear advantage in maximum bandwidth versus USB 3.
It looks pretty good and even excellent on some points. The accidental task switching with the touchpad is common for reviews of this model. I'm unaware of a way to disable that. I will buy local so I can hand any warranty issues off to the user.
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