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Offline incurablegeek

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USB 3.0 is a modern-day Unicorn
« on: July 28, 2010, 03:58:01 AM »
I have a new USB 3.0 Gigabyte motherboard with an AMD 6-core.

Unfortunately USB 3.0 is about as real as unicorns. Just something for "mine is bigger than yours" conversations.

USB 3.0 may NEVER come into reality. If you don't believe in Unicorns, feel free to compare USB 3.0 to Firewire. Ah, what's dat?  ;D
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Re: USB 3.0 is a modern-day Unicorn
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2010, 02:00:47 AM »
I have a Betamax player, and yet I don't have any USB3.0 devices

Starting to think they really don't exist after all
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Re: USB 3.0 is a modern-day Unicorn
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2010, 04:23:30 AM »
OMG! Are you saying Unicorns are not REAL??? Next you're gonna tell me there is NO Santa Claus, or Easter Bunny!!!!

Just to get y'all moving in the right direction USB 3.0, here are just a few devices that support this technology

iomega eGo Desktop 1TB Charcoal External Hard Drive 35054  139.99
BUFFALO DriveStation 2TB External Hard Drive HD-HX2.0TU3  195.99
Western Digital My Book 3.0 2TB Black External Hard Drive WDBAAK0020HCH-NESN  219.99
Cavalry CAHDD 2TB Black 2-bay USB 3.0 Dock with 1x 2TB Hard Drive and USB 3.0 Host Card Bundle CAHDD330020TH1  189.99
DANE-ELEC 1.5TB External Hard Drive SO-RD315TU3S2  179.99
iomega eGo 500GB Portable Hard Drive 34988  114.99

Newegg has 30 pages of USB 3.0 Devices

TigerDirect has 25 pages of USB 3.0 Devices.

Do you really have a Betamax Player?  Do You use it?  I have a few LaserDiscs, but no player to go with them.
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Offline incurablegeek

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Re: USB 3.0 is a modern-day Unicorn
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2010, 05:09:31 AM »
You guys are fun.

I would post gobs of links, but then I'm not permitted to do such a thing. :P

Ah yes, my good friend JavaJolt, let's run out and buy all those many USB 3.0 devices. Good Idea!

With no Intel Chipset - not now, not ever.

"Light Peak" anyone? Despite Intel's apparent lack of ethics here, fiber optics sure makes a whole lot more sense than chasing after USB 3.0.

Sure makes sense to this duck anyway.
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Re: USB 3.0 is a modern-day Unicorn
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2010, 01:19:38 PM »
The mathematics of true Unicorn speed:

USB 3.0 Write Speed: 10X =/= 3.5X
USB 3.0 Read Speed: 10X =/= 1.2X

Hey the Duck majored in symbolic logic. What more to say?  :P

No wonder Intel thinks USB 3.0 is the Firewire of the Present.

Fiber Optics, my friends, fiber optics.
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Re: USB 3.0 is a modern-day Unicorn
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2010, 05:27:40 AM »
Quote from: javajolt on July 29, 2010, 04:23:30 AM
Do you really have a Betamax Player?  Do You use it?  I have a few LaserDiscs, but no player to go with them.

Indeed I do have one (an NEC), though I don't use it much.  Good video quality, too bad the tapes only held an hour or so...
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