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USB 1.1 Renumbered To USB 2?

Posted by timothy on from the there-has-never-been-a-usb-1.0 dept.

Teese writes "According to this Bangkok Post article, in December the USB Forum renamed USB 1.1 to USB 2, and USB 2 stayed as USB 2. They did this because consumers were demanding that the computers they buy have USB2 on board. The story also claims that both Sony & toshiba have released laptops with the USB2 that is really USB1.1. This was the first I had heard of this and the article said the change took place in December, has the USB Forum really been able to pull a fast one on us?"

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  1. Argh....Yet another reason not to buy Sony by NaCh0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sony equipment is over-priced junk. You're buying a name and nothing else. I recommend that people buy any other Japanese knock-off brand. You'll be happier and have more dollars left in your pocket.

  2. NEXT on slashdot by Bold+Marauder · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Slackware 7.0 renumbered to Slackware 10 ...hilarity ensues.

  3. Athlon XP by Jason1729 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is the same sort of marketing that AMD uses with their XP processor speeds. I was watching the computer hour on the home shopping network a few weeks ago (it's funnier than any comedy show), and they were selling an XP 2000+. The sales snake kept emphasizing the "plus" which means it's better than just a normal 2GHz machine.

    We, as consumers, allow AMD to get away with deliberately confusing marketing, so why should we be surprised when other organizations do the same thing? My current system is my first Intel since my 286 because I couldn't stand the though of buying into AMD's scheme.

    Jason
    ProfQuotes

  4. Re:Slight wording difference by gridbias · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I miss RS-232..... Buy the adapters at WalMart. At least if they dont work you can take them back. If the box says USB 2.0 but the device actually runs at USB 1.1 specs then, WHERE ARE THE WMD'S?

  5. Re:and I ain't talk about the movie with the bus. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    *sigh*
    Ok, for the last time. This "change" was made the day that the USB 2.0 specification was released. The USB 2.0 completely replaced the USB 1.1 specification, and it is completely backwards compatible with 1.1. Therefore, any devices that were compliant with USB 1.1 are compliant with USB 2.0. There is only 1 USB, and right now that is 2.0.

    Since there is only 1 current USB specification, and since that specification defines multiple transfer speeds, the USBIF decided to distinguish by name and/or logo. Again- this is not new. Ever since the first release of the USB 1.1 specification, there was Low Speed USB at 1.5 Mbps and Full Speed USB at 12 Mbps. When the USB 2.0 specification replaced the 1.1 specification, it added the 480 Mbps transfers, so the USBIF decided to name that High Speed USB.

    The only thing noteworthy about this whole thing is that the dumb reporter misunderstood the specifications enough that he wrote a whole article based on nothing but crap. Its also interesting that you were gullible enough to buy into the whole massive corporate conspiracy concept, but given this is /., that isn't very surprizing.