Windows 7: What is SuperFetch?

I was working with the Revit development team and what tests they use as the 'standard' for benchmarking launch times.  One of the items in the Windows Services that was disabled for testing was "SuperFetch". Ultimately, you should enable this cool feature in Windows 7:

Myth Busted: Why Disabling SuperFetch on Vista and Windows 7 Is a Bad Idea » TuneUp Blog about Windows.

Some more info is here:

http://www.osnews.com/story/21471/SuperFetch_How_it_Works_Myths

Comments

[Stefan]

Great but make sure it's turned off if you use a SSD as your system drive. Here is a nice optimization guides for SSDs by the way:

http://thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/optimization-guides/the-ssd-optimization-guide-2/

[David Lau]

Thanks for your comment!

[GilfordshirePony]

Makes sense to disable it for benchmarking, though, since it'll give you a boost that isn't necessarily representative of what users will see.