A Late Adopter's Guide To USB 3.0

crookedvulture writes "Even with cheap external hard drives, USB 3.0 offers roughly double the real-world transfer rates of old-school USB 2.0. It's no wonder, then, that USB 3.0 ports are available on most new systems. But what if you want to add USB 3.0 to an existing one? This article goes over what's required and explores the sort of performance improvements you can expect to see. Looks like a no-brainer for anyone who does a lot of transfers to external hard drives."

ISA?

[Culture20]

I'd love to upgrade. Is anyone making a 16-bit ISA version?

Re:USB3 vs Intel Thunderbolt

[gandhi_2]

bam... thunderbolt.

We've just found that guy.

Re:USB3 vs Intel Thunderbolt

[Sabriel]

Zeus?

Old School?

[Sponge Bath]

First William Shatner turns 80, now USB 2 is old school. I'm sure that makes some people feel old. Hold on, there's someone at my door who says he's here about the "reaping"...