Forum Home
PC World Chat
 
Thread ID: 103476 2009-09-24 22:15:00 USB 3.00 Coming soon ! Digby (677) PC World Chat
Post ID Timestamp Content User
813479 2009-09-25 07:06:00 If USB 3 is supposed to be so fast, how come USB 1 got here 10 years earlier? ;)

Now that is a good question,one I would like to hear the answer to.

I have a feeling Sweep might know.:)
Cicero (40)
813480 2009-09-25 08:14:00 6Gb takes 2 hours? Then how did I copy 72Gb to a new 500Gb external drive in under an hour?

Maybe 2 hours on USB 1.1, but not USB 2.



If you re-read it "bog standard USB typically " he could be referring to USB 1.1
radium (8645)
813481 2009-09-25 08:21:00 As I understand it, USB 2 is really the de-facto standard now. You'd be hard-pressed to find anything like thumb drives, etc, for sale now that are USB 1.1. ubergeek85 (131)
813482 2009-09-25 08:42:00 No, but there are still plenty of PCs around that only support 1.1 and well that's the only way he can claim the 2 hour transfer time also radium (8645)
813483 2009-09-25 08:43:00 If you say so... ubergeek85 (131)
813484 2009-09-25 09:01:00 Not to mention that 6GB at 5Gb/sec is actually only 9.6 seconds (6 * 8 / 5 = 9.6). Whichever way you look at it, the article's figures are rubbish. Erayd (23)
813485 2009-09-25 09:06:00 Whichever way you look at it, the article's figures are rubbish.

Agreed. This guy's a journo, not a geek.
ubergeek85 (131)
813486 2009-09-27 06:37:00 Writes more like a Wino. ;) R2x1 (4628)
813487 2009-09-28 03:23:00 Just to add to the mix.

pcworld.co.nz
Sweep (90)
1 2