Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 11th May 2009 20:43 UTC
SuperFetch is a technology in Windows Vista and onwards that is often misunderstood. I decided to delve into this technology to see what it is all about, and to dispel some of the myths surrounding this feature.
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RE[2]: Superfetch is not MS's invention
by hufman on Tue 12th May 2009 12:33
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RE[2]: Superfetch is not MS's invention
by eldarion on Tue 12th May 2009 15:43
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I was using prefetch for some time now but realised that, probably like SuperFetch, i have almost no gain on apps speedup. On the contrary, my system takes more 10-15 seconds to boot up than without the prefetch deamon.
So my suggestion is this: disable the prefetch deamon and restart the system. Then clock your boot time to see the difference.
RE[3]: Superfetch is not MS's invention
by eldarion on Tue 12th May 2009 16:10
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I have been using it for quit some time now under Ubuntu. It is called preload. Works almost the same way as SuperFetch.
Mostly Microsoft buys inventions or re-invents them (just like RSS, they never invented it but they act like they did and most people will believe it's something they invented).