USB 3.0!

RobH · 2 Sep 2009 at 17:33

It's rated at 4.8Gigabits per second and has a new connector design for the super speed mode:

(SuperSpeed = 4.8 Gigabits, HiSpeed = 480 Megabits, FullSpeed = 12 Megabits)

Remember there are 8 bits to a byte so 4.8 Gigabits is about 614.4 Megabytes.

Logsi · 2 Sep 2009 at 17:56

Ahhh well. Still not close to Firewire 800 speeds...

Nice try.

AbsenceJam · 2 Sep 2009 at 18:13

Logsi said:
Ahhh well. Still not close to Firewire 800 speeds...

Nice try.

Another person who doesn't understand the difference between bits and bytes. USB 3 is far faster than Firewire 800.

dbmzk1 · 2 Sep 2009 at 19:03

Don't see the point in this really. Nothing that normally uses USB can transfer that fast and USB is stupidly inefficient most of it would be wasted anyway...

USB 1.0 is still fine for most things apart from memory cards/hard drives!

dustofnations · 2 Sep 2009 at 19:42

dbmzk1 said:
Don't see the point in this really. Nothing that normally uses USB can transfer that fast and USB is stupidly inefficient most of it would be wasted anyway...

USB 1.0 is still fine for most things apart from memory cards/hard drives!

I think you're failing to see that the standard is meant to facilitate future devices not existing ones. ATA133 was 'fine' in the past too for all hard drives...

TheVoice · 2 Sep 2009 at 19:48

dbmzk1 said:
Don't see the point in this really. Nothing that normally uses USB can transfer that fast and USB is stupidly inefficient most of it would be wasted anyway...

USB 1.0 is still fine for most things apart from memory cards/hard drives!

So we should just halt progress then?

HangTime · 2 Sep 2009 at 19:56

dustofnations said:
ATA133 was 'fine' in the past too for all hard drives...

Not strictly true on some setups with multiple drives on the same adapter, as the bandwidth was shared.

Caged · 2 Sep 2009 at 19:58

AbsenceJam said:
Another person who doesn't understand the difference between bits and bytes. USB 3 is far faster than Firewire 800.

Another person who doesn't understand why Firewire is able to sustain a transfer rate that USB2 can only dream of despite being introduced 6 years earlier.

98p · 2 Sep 2009 at 19:58

as long as it if fast then good

dbmzk1 · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:00

dustofnations said:
I think you're failing to see that the standard is meant to facilitate future devices not existing ones. ATA133 was 'fine' in the past too for all hard drives...

TheVoice said:
So we should just halt progress then?

Just don't see it actually being any use any time soon. At least not for me

Aod · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:14

Logsi said:
Ahhh well. Still not close to Firewire 800 speeds...

Nice try.

whats that? the only computers with firewire these days are Apple's? and nobody else gives a damn?

Dano · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:18

Aod said:
whats that? the only computers with firewire these days are Apple's? and nobody else gives a damn?

Don't forget though, Apple invented USB

dustofnations · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:27

Dano said:
Don't forget though, Apple invented USB

Created by: Intel, Compaq, Microsoft, Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM, Northern Telecom

Dano · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:34

The

indicated sarcasm.

Aod · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:34

Dano said:
Don't forget though, Apple invented USB

yep, just like they invented keyboard shortcuts

Caged · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:49

Aod said:
whats that? the only computers with firewire these days are Apple's? and nobody else gives a damn?

They should though. Firewire is an excellent protocol and I've gone out of my way to buy machines with the ports. Using a USB 2.0 hard drive after the luxury of having Firewire is painful. If only Apple computers have Firewire then that's yet another plus point as far as I'm concerned. Disregarding technology because computers that happen to be well designed and expensive use it is foolish.

Good luck finding any high-end professional audio or video hardware that uses USB.

Dano · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:54

Caged said:
They should though. Firewire is an excellent protocol and I've gone out of my way to buy machines with the ports.

Erm... buy a firewire card...

dustofnations · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:54

Dano said:
The indicated sarcasm.

Sorry, I thought it was a mistake because Apple were indeed on the USB board at one point! Or was it retrospective sarcasm :-P

!

Dano · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:59

dustofnations said:
Sorry, I thought it was a mistake because Apple were indeed on the USB board at one point!

No worries, I just remember it because I was moving from the Amiga at the time and remember mentioning to a mate about these new fangled USB ports Apple had on their systems as a major selling point, I recall the advertising and sales staff in shops going on about how great they were and how Apple were awesome for inventing them, my mate then turned around and said: "USB? my pc's had those for over a year..."

Caged · 2 Sep 2009 at 21:02

Dano said:
Erm... buy a firewire card...

Don't really want a card hanging out the side of my laptops.