We have been using USB 2.0 for about 8 years now and until recently the 480Mbit/s has been fine; with the advent of multi gigabyte USB flash drives it is no longer quick enough for most users.  The USB 3.0 standard is finally appearing and it is Freecom that has managed to hit the streets first with an external USB 3.0 drive, while Seagate will release the first internal drive.  The new interface should increase the speed 10 fold, transferring a 5GB file in under 1 minute.  Drop by Slashdot for a peek at a very fast 1TB USB drive that won’t bankrupt you to buy.

“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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