I bet you didn’t know that you can use external flash memory to enhance your computer’s performance, did you? Well, you might if you’re a dweeb like me. For the rest of you, check out this 64GB flash drive from Patriot.

If you have a USB 2.0 computer with Windows Vista, you can use this drive in conjunction with Vista to speed up your laptop or desktop. That’s because Vista has a technology called ReadyBoost. ReadyBoost can temporarily store data on the flash drive that would take longer to retrieve elsewhere on your computer’s hard drive disk.

The time saved in rounding up that data can make your computer faster — possibly by a good bit, if you have a large capacity flash drive like this one. Yeah, it’s on the expensive side for flash memory, but when you consider that it can not only store data, but put your computer in the fast lane, it’s worth it.

Note that it has to be a Vista computer; no Macs or Windows XP computers, and it has to be USB 2.0. If your computer fits those specs, though, it could make you a lot more efficient.