Vista SuperFetch memory management

Super Fetch memory management is just a name for the new way Windows is managing your memory, Nothing about it is super technically speaking, No faster bus, nothing of the sort, Just changed the way caching is done in memory and how it is utilized.

So let me get you to what changed.

You know how windows XP puts the applications you are using allot directly on the start menu so that they minimize the number of times you have to open All Programs to get to what you need, Now windows keeps record of the programs you use most frequently and caches them into memory to minimize the number of times you have to visit the hard disk for data, This is not exactly an analogy, there is a chance that there are shared technologies (algorithms) to find those programs !

Microsoft says there SuperFetch technology is date Aware ! that means it knows that on weekdays you use X, Y, Z more frequently, on weekends you use A, B, and C and does its work accordingly.

Caching is not new, what is new is 1- The name 2- Some changes in how when.

For info on something that changes the bottom line, see how flash memory can now be utilized with ReadyBoost.