[Ubuntu-be] usb sticks met ubuntu preloaded

[Jan Bongaerts]

On 24 May 2011 15:42, Steven Leeman <steven at leeman.be> wrote:

> 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...
>
>

The more important thing is the other way around. Since Ubuntu is often used
on older hardware, will a usb3.0 stick fit a usb2.0 port (or even usb1.0) on
an old computer?

> 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 :-)
>
While the usb3.0 is introduced, we might get old usb2.0 stock at very
reduced rates?

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