SuperFetch, a feature within Vista, predicts which applications are used when, then pre-loads them so that they're instantly available.
"Pre-fetching applications to speed up access -- or at least boost the perceived speed of a PC -- is nothin new, but SuperFetch is a first for Windows. "Most of those [earlier pre-fetch solutions] are focused on low-level decisions. What's happening here [with SuperFetch] is at the level of user modeling. It's learning about sequences of actions in a context-sensitive way.
Work by Microsoft's R&D group played a part in revamping Windows, a researcher said Friday, but not all the toil made it into Vista.
Microsoft Research contributed to the SuperFetch effort, a feature within Vista that predicts which applications are used when, then pre-loads them so that they're instantly available..."
Microsoft Predicts The Future With Vista's SuperFetch
"Pre-fetching applications to speed up access -- or at least boost the perceived speed of a PC -- is nothin new, but SuperFetch is a first for Windows. "Most of those [earlier pre-fetch solutions] are focused on low-level decisions. What's happening here [with SuperFetch] is at the level of user modeling. It's learning about sequences of actions in a context-sensitive way.
Work by Microsoft's R&D group played a part in revamping Windows, a researcher said Friday, but not all the toil made it into Vista.
Microsoft Research contributed to the SuperFetch effort, a feature within Vista that predicts which applications are used when, then pre-loads them so that they're instantly available..."
Microsoft Predicts The Future With Vista's SuperFetch
