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USB 2 Devices Not Necessarily High-Speed

Posted by timothy on from the words-by-any-other-names dept.

mgcsinc writes "Yahoo is running a story on how some manufacturers of "USB 2.0" devices are making hardware compatible with the USB 2.0 standard, but not necessarily its high-speed component." Sounds like the complaint raised earlier this year.

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  1. Old News by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Redundant
    This is very old news by now.

    Hi-Speed verses Full Speed. [yawn]

    Same fraud.
    Different day.

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  2. The new obsolessence by Felinoid · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Planned obsolessence was the procedure of making sure technology only lasted so long then HAD to be replaced.
    This was a commen practace in the 1970s and 80s. Commodore 1541 for example.
    Eventually you had to repair or replace hardware. Thats the idea. An idea stared with a number of design flaws in home computers and solidified by the Atari VCS.... the NEVER replaced never upgraded never broken Atari VCS.

    Nintendo continued this by releacing game titles for only the latest Nintendo platforms.
    Microsoft by making it difficult to support old Windows versions.

    And USB by renaming USB 1.1 to USB 2. So anyone with USB 1.1 would have to upgrade not becouse the hardware actually IS USB 2 but becouse the hardware is labled USB 2.

    I'll be getting a USB 2 card becouse I actually do have USB 2 hardware (not hardware remarked USB 2) so this stunt won't impact me.. MUCH...
    Becouse I'm only getting it for home. At work I'll still be using USB 1.1 so if I get a USB drive later on down the road I won't know for sure if it will work ok at work or not untill I buy it.

    Also I have already invested in a USB 1.1 hub and I'd I know I'll be getting a USB 2 hub for new devices and I would like to not waist plugging USB 1.1 devices into the USB 2 hub when I have ports free on the USB 1.1 hub.

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