Does 7.6.1.9 support readyboost in windows Vista ?

Question

curious if this is something that apple addressed yet or not ?

Answer 1

From http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/readyboo st.mspx
Adding system memory (typically referred to as RAM) is often the best way to improve a PC's performance, since more memory means more applications are ready to run without accessing the hard drive. However, upgrading memory can be difficult and costly, and some machines have limited memory expansion capabilities, making it impossible to add RAM.
Windows Vista introduces Windows ReadyBoost, a new concept in adding memory to a system. You can use non-volatile flash memory, such as that on a universal serial bus (USB) flash drive, to improve performance without having to add additional memory "under the hood."
The flash memory device serves as an additional memory cache—that is, memory that the computer can access much more quickly than it can access data on the hard drive. Windows ReadyBoost relies on the intelligent memory management of Windows SuperFetch and can significantly improve system responsiveness.
It's easy to use Windows ReadyBoost. When a removable memory device such as a USB flash drive or a secure digital (SD) memory card is first inserted into a port, Windows Vista checks to see if its performance is fast enough to work with Windows ReadyBoost. If so, you are asked if you want to use this device to speed up system performance. You can choose to allocate part of a USB drive's memory to speed up performance and use the remainder to store files.
At a guess programs such as iTunes don't get a choice as to whether they're affected by the use of ReadyBoost or not. Hopefully Windows wouldn't suggest that iPod Nano/Touch/Phone are suitable devices for ReadyBoost storage as I think that would be a bad idea. If you're using other devices to provide ReadyBoost memory it's just possible that Windows gives the impression of a more powerful system when reporting the available memory to programs and then fails to deliver the performance that would be expected because access to this memory is slower than true RAM. Frankly though, I doubt iTunes tries to adjust itself to the available performace so whether or not you have ReadyBoost enabled probably makes little difference.
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P.S. If you use iTunes to rip your CD's it's time you upgraded to 7.6.2 - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1415444&tstart=1