On 24 May 2011 15:42, Steven Leeman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:35 PM, martijn cielen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Are these USB 3.0 still compatible with USB 2.0? Also in the future? If >> > yes, no problem, if not we might be forced to do a hardware >> > upgrade....? >> >> 3.0 is fully backward compatible with 2.0 >> > > yes... the connector is "bigger" but a usb2.0 connector still fits ... > a usb 2.0 device is even slightly faster on a usb 3.0 port due to "new" > chipsets > > usb 3.0 is primordly necessary for "ssd" as the usb sticks & harddisks were > practically fast enough... > >
The more important thing is the other way around. Since Ubuntu is often used on older hardware, will a usb3.0 stick fit a usb2.0 port (or even usb1.0) on an old computer? > Also.. Don't USB 3.0 sticks cost more at the moment compared to USB 2.0 >> > sticks? >> > > yes... it will take a while untill that is gone... > this wednesday you can buy a usb 3.0 harddisk in aldi shop :-) > While the usb3.0 is introduced, we might get old usb2.0 stock at very reduced rates? > > >> >> > -- > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > > -- Microsoft programs are like Englishmen. They only speak Microsoft.
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