7 Comments For This Post

1. tom b Says:
   January 11th, 2010 at 9:19 am

   “USB 3.0: really, really fast.” Has USB pulled ahead of Firewire 800?

2. Bouke Timbermont Says:
   January 11th, 2010 at 2:21 pm

   @Tom: are you kidding? FireWire is still stuck at a theoretical 800Mb/s, and as far as I know, there are no plans to increase that in the near future.
   USB 3.0, now available on premium motherboards, offers a theoretical 4.8Gb/s throughput, resulting in a real 3.2Gb/s (=400MB/s) throughput.

3. Tom B Says:
   January 11th, 2010 at 3:10 pm

   That is 400 megaBYTES vs 800 megaBITS? I guess you answerd my question

4. Bouke Timbermont Says:
   January 12th, 2010 at 4:58 am

   yes it is 😉 USB3 really changes the way we look at external drives: They can actually be just as fast as the internal ones!

5. tom b Says:
   January 12th, 2010 at 5:46 am

   I agree with you that Apple does not seem to view Firewire as strategic– though it continues to be a great option for video transfer at least until this USB3 starts showing up on the shelves.

6. Mike Says:
   January 12th, 2010 at 12:02 pm

   so much better than IE

7. heulenwolf Says:
   January 12th, 2010 at 5:03 pm

   Technically, 3.0 is a number, not a word. That leaves room for a 3rd really in the title, don’t you think?