The transition that we are going through is between the extremely popular USB 2.0 standard and the upcoming and insanely fast USB 3.0 standard that offers almost ten times the speed of USB 2.0. The problem is that your current computer might not be USB 3.0 ready so you’re left wondering if you should spend a bit extra and get a USB 3.0 drive that you might never use or get the cheaper USB 2.0 drive but regret later when you upgrade your computer that does support USB 3.0. To add to the confusion, some people are switching from PCs to Macs that offer a Firewire port that is potentially faster than USB or shifting to an eSATA port found in many new laptops.



Link: TBreak