If you are a Windows Vista or Windows 7 user then you’re in luck!  Did you know that you can use a USB flash drive (a.k.a. thumb drive) to add additional juice to your laptop’s memory?

Here’s how it works, first you must have one the above mentioned Windows operating systems for this to work, older versions will not work.  Take the USB drive, preferably one with 1GB or more of memory, and plug into one of your available USB ports on your laptop.  Once connected a new dialogue window will pop up automatically, this feature is called Windows ReadyBoost, and it will ask you if you would like to use the USB drive to speed up your laptops performance.  Once enabled, it will significantly improve how quick the laptop boots up and load your applications.  Not to worry, ReadyBoost may be disable at any time, it is not permanent.  ReadyBoost is especially useful when running multiple applications at once, which can significantly reduce your laptop’s performance.