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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. The new "MAN" by fifewiskey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Freecom outs first ever USB 3.0 hard drive
    Mac users will just have to wait."

    Mac is now being treated like "the Man" while Microsoft is becoming cool again with their ploy to "leak" windows 7 all those months ago. It pays to make people fill l337 and to not create a stereo type of latte sipping bohemian super artists like Apple has.

    Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Mac, I just think it's funny.

    Plus you're not super l33t unless you use BSD, or Windows ME...either one.