USB 3.0 vs 2.0

pparks1 said:

drewpul said:

When does 3.0 come out?

It's already out.

Can you buy the laptop express cards yet? I know they made the PCMIA cards for laptops when USB 2.0 came out.

EDIT: I must be living under a rock. I feel stupid not knowing these weren't out yet.

I'm answering my own question. Here is a express card slot I'm going to buy:

http://www.frys.com/product/6117659?...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

OR http://www.frys.com/product/6149939?...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Thanks for letting me know that this is out!

USB 3 should be backwards compatible to USB 2.
I was thinking perhaps getting a HDD dock and then buy some external USB 3 HDDs. Have to wait a while though.

When will you start being able to buy them built into laptops.

Also, where can you buy a usb 3.0 thumb drive?

I’ve been looking at this USB 3.0 Enclosure .. And this SATA 6.0Gb/s HDD to put in it.
But .. Would rather find an enclosure for a SATA 6.0Gb/s HD.

Take that WD external apart .. and tell us what HDD is in it .. please

tw33k said:

lol..I don't have to. It's this

Thanks ... Not sure if this helps any .. But for a comparison ...
Here's a WD 1TB Green (32MB cache) in an External enclosure ....
connected via eSATA and then connected via USB 2.0

I'm wondering if SATA 3 and USB 3.0 are faster than the current drive technology can feed ??

I'm wondering if SATA 3 and USB 3.0 are faster than the current drive technology can feed ??

Definitely. The devices that can feed it at full capapcity have still to be invented. Even SSDs are too slow.