We should see USB3 devices this year. 3.2Gbit/sec should make for awesome hard drive speeds. Wikipedia has fair bit of info on it.
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:56 AM, mike smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4 March 2010 12:49, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My wife needs an external hard drive for backing-up and carrying around >> her couple of hundred MB of work files. I’ve never owned an ext HDD or >> looked at them, so before I drive down to the local MSY (parts >> list<http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf>) >> to get one, I’d like to check first if there are any recommendations or >> traps to be aware of. Friends have ext HDDs with USB connections, but I >> suppose they are outdated now as our new office desktop machines have SATA >> plugholes on the back ... is that right? >> >> >> > USB has never been in vogue for hard-drives - firewire or esata. > > -- > Meski > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills >
