http://apple.cansuckmyballs.com/2007/10/24/building-a-mac-killer-part-iib/ 100% Pure Truth Juice Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:55:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://apple.cansuckmyballs.com/2007/10/24/building-a-mac-killer-part-iib/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Mike Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:43:16 +0000 http://apple.cansuckmyballs.com/2007/10/24/building-a-mac-killer-part-iib/#comment-93 OK, first: 129$, not 170$. Second, Readyboost is nothing to call home: http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2917&p=5 "As a result ReadyBoost is only useful in situations where small random data accesses are required, whereas larger transfers that may need sequential access are sent directly to the hard drive." Cool, but not great. If you have to get some work done, get out and boost your RAM. Especially with Photoshop. Third,maybe flash ram is faster than a hard drive. But USB 2 (480 mbs) is much slower than SATA (3000 mbps) theorical thoughput. So. OK, first: 129$, not 170$.
Second, Readyboost is nothing to call home:
http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2917&p=5
“As a result ReadyBoost is only useful in situations where small random data accesses are required, whereas larger transfers that may need sequential access are sent directly to the hard drive.”
Cool, but not great. If you have to get some work done, get out and boost your RAM. Especially with Photoshop.
Third,maybe flash ram is faster than a hard drive. But USB 2 (480 mbs) is much slower than SATA (3000 mbps) theorical thoughput.
So.

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