ReadyBoost Performance Test

I was looking for a USB stick that was compatible with ReadyBoost when I ran into this article:

If you have an unused flash drive, plug it in and set it up for ReadyBoost. It won’t hurt. If you have a computer with a WEI disk rating of less than 4.0, adding a ReadyBoost flash drive offers good bang-for-the-buck. If you have a computer with a WEI disk rating of more than 5.0, ReadyBoost still won’t hurt, but it probably won’t give you a noticable improvement.

Well, I have a 7200 RPM disk with a rating of 5.2, so my system is clearly not a candidate for ReadyBoost. Perhaps on a laptop:

Lexar JumpDrive 1GB. This drive reduced startup time by 30% in the older Dell D600 laptop, from 59.3 seconds to 39.8 seconds. This laptop has a slow (4500 RPM) hard disk.

People with slow disks, here an opportunity to boost you Vista experience.