[Ubuntu-be] usb sticks met ubuntu preloaded

[Steven Leeman]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:35 PM, martijn cielen <mcielen at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Are these USB 3.0 still compatible with USB 2.0? Also in the future? If
> > yes, no problem, if not we might be forced to do a hardware
> > upgrade....?
>
> 3.0 is fully backward compatible with 2.0
>

yes... the connector is "bigger" but a usb2.0 connector still fits ...
a usb 2.0 device is even slightly faster on a usb 3.0 port due to "new"
chipsets

usb 3.0 is primordly necessary for "ssd" as the usb sticks & harddisks were
practically fast enough...


> > Also.. Don't USB 3.0 sticks cost more at the moment compared to USB 2.0
> > sticks?
>

yes... it will take a while untill that is gone...
this wednesday you can buy a usb 3.0 harddisk in aldi shop :-)


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