USB 3 Devices on USB 2 Ports

2011-12-20 Thread Tina K.
Mac OS X Hints has a blurb today about using USB 3 Devices on your USB 2 equipped Mac for faster data transfers: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20111217160646567 Tina -- Acceleron: HP Presario 2.8GHz Celeron D 2GB RAM Discrete graphics XP Pro Luxo Jr: iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4

Re: USB 3 Devices on USB 2 Ports

2011-12-20 Thread Dan
At 10:42 AM -0700 12/20/2011, Tina K. wrote: Mac OS X Hints has a blurb today about using USB 3 Devices on your USB 2 equipped Mac for faster data transfers: [url] Yea. But if you think about... USB 3 devices have newer/faster interface chips. So of course, they'll drive the interface

Re: USB 3 Devices on USB 2 Ports

2011-12-20 Thread Baha Ata
Tina K. Nice comment. I wish to use it in macosxapplications.com. USB3 devices is some sort of usb 2 extended. So if we use all new devices in usb 2 mother it will be faster. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 10:42 AM -0700 12/20/2011, Tina K. wrote: Mac OS

Re: USB 3 Devices on USB 2 Ports

2011-12-20 Thread Dan
At 4:56 PM -0800 12/20/2011, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: USB3 devices is some sort of usb 2 extended. So if we use all new devices in usb 2 mother it will be faster. USB 3.0 is supposed to be a replacement for Firewire, hence many new mobos have USB 3.0 but not Firewire. No, it's meant