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First-Ever USB 3.0 Hard Drive

Posted by timothy on from the if-you're-tired-of-the-current-cables dept.

dreemteem writes "After 8 years of success, the USB 2.0 standard has begun its long journey into obsolescence. Dutch storage company Freecom has announced the first mainstream storage product based on 'SuperSpeed' USB 3.0. Buyers will be interested to hear that the new external Hard Drive XS 3.0 doesn't cost the earth at £99 (approx $160) for a 1TB drive, even though that excludes the £22.99 for a desktop PCI-bus controller necessary to make it work at its intended throughput. Laptop users can pair it with a £25.99 plug-in PC Card to achieve the same effect."

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  1. 3.0 Wheres 4.0? by TheRealPacmanJones · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I just invented 4.0. Estimated at 10,000x as fast as USB 1.0.

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