Vicenarian
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...So when USB 6.0 comes out, will they use 666 to advertise their products?
With the amount of digital media devices (digital camcorders, external hard drives, etc) in use today by the general public, this should gain widespread acceptance. Right now, most devices are stick with USB 2.0, which, in a real life scenario, really only transfers data at 20-30 MBps in my experience. (or maybe I just have too many USB devices hogging my USB bus width). Basically, it just takes too long to transfer 50 or so GB of files to your USB 2.0 HDD.
I thought eSATA would be more popular than it is today, as it seems it hasn't gained that great a share of the consumer electronics market other than a few select external hard drives. Sure, a few laptops come with eSATA interfaces, and you could always buy an extension card for your desktop, but really, what consumer electronics devices readily come with eSATA interfaces other than external HDDs (and then only a select few)? That leads me even more to believe that USB 3.0 will be the standard interface in the area of digital media and external storage for the next few years.
With the amount of digital media devices (digital camcorders, external hard drives, etc) in use today by the general public, this should gain widespread acceptance. Right now, most devices are stick with USB 2.0, which, in a real life scenario, really only transfers data at 20-30 MBps in my experience. (or maybe I just have too many USB devices hogging my USB bus width). Basically, it just takes too long to transfer 50 or so GB of files to your USB 2.0 HDD.
I thought eSATA would be more popular than it is today, as it seems it hasn't gained that great a share of the consumer electronics market other than a few select external hard drives. Sure, a few laptops come with eSATA interfaces, and you could always buy an extension card for your desktop, but really, what consumer electronics devices readily come with eSATA interfaces other than external HDDs (and then only a select few)? That leads me even more to believe that USB 3.0 will be the standard interface in the area of digital media and external storage for the next few years.