On May 30, 2010, at 9:41 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
I was in Fry's today and happened to notice external HDD 3.5"
enclosures that stated USB 3.0. I never saw these before.
Is that something that needs special support from my computers? Can
I download something that will make my USB faster?
Do I get a card to utilize it?
There's no OS X support for USB3 yet, and may never be. Apple is
supporting Intel LightPeak as a successor to USB1/2 and
Firewire400/800, so it's possible that USB3 support may never
materialize, although I'd not bet on it. Microsoft has such pull that
USB3 will certainly have a lot of vendor support even if LightPeak
beats it all around. It could be the USB/Firewire battle all over again?
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