Comments on: USB 3.0 Almost Here, but Apple Jumped the Gun

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:34:58 +0000

I don’t see why Apple should integrate usb 3.0 or sata 3 yet.
Most of the devices that are out now doesn’t even take advantage of the full power usb 2.0 and sata 2 has to offer.
Sata 2,is more than fast enough than the fastest SSD that exists today,and cost more than 1.000$
And it’s just too soon for usb 3 too.
More than 90% of today’s usb devices doesn’t even fully utilize the full potential of usb 2.0
There are some external HDDS who come out now that have a usb 3.0 connection,but for someone who wants faster speeds there are also firewire and ethernet HDDS too,which are way more faster than usb 3.0
I believe that the time it will take for usb 3.0 and sata 3.0 to become mainstream will be longer than the time it takes to Apple to renew their whole product line.
So I believe that by the time there are actual devices that will really need and make use of those new features,Apple will already have those ports integrated at their products.

By: tiffany

tiffany — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:51:49 +0000

CalDigit has the AV Drive, an external hard drive with USB 3.0 for Macs. There is also the new SuperSpeed PCI Express Card, the USB 3.0 driver for those without USB 3.0 already.

http://www.cadigit.com

By: Non-AppleFanboy

Non-AppleFanboy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:24:36 +0000

I’m a Windows user, I purchase Mac hardware and install Windows on it. I realize Apple is over charging me… but I’m more than willing to spend another two days of my salary for a really nice looking, solid feeling computer.

By: joef

joef — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:23:20 +0000

It’s not that we think Macs are so untouchably great- it’s that we hate Windows. My 3.06 GHz iMac cost me a whole $1200 (I’m a good shopper); but it came with a nice 24″ monitor and a built-in DL-DVD drive. Looks cool too!

Believe me, there’s a lot to be said for buying hardware from the manufacturer of the OS. Windows apps better than Mac apps? Don’t make me laugh. If you think that you have never used a Mac.

The truth is that people favor PCs because they think they’re saving money. All my PC friends eventually say the same thing to me: “Why can’t I do that with my computer?”

By: spacerunner

spacerunner — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:51:49 +0000

Oh, about the i7 based pc I have. I forgot to add that most macs are core2duo based, 3 year old technology. So for a solid year, since November of 2008, I have had this i7 based system and macs had core2duos. Only now, in very late 2009 are they bringing out i7′s and again acting like they are innovative. But a year late to the game, they raise their price to $1999. Come on mac people, look at reality here. apple is over charging and you know it! Again, my i7 based pc system was $830.

By: spacerunner

spacerunner — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:47:31 +0000

You’d have to be a brainwashed idiot not to realize macs are over rated. Nice computer as is a good pc with windows 7, but still over rated by far. There’s only a small handful of reasons people say they get macs, and they love to over exaggerate the truth in order to feel like they made the right decision. One reason, the best reason has to do with malware which is weak at best. I will give it that, but beyond that one point, there are very few reasons to get one unless you are brainwashed into it. And they all pretend to be idiots that can’t do anything for themselves and that macs never get any malware. Yet once on a mac, they are backing up, using firewire to boot, running osx security patches (automatically) and more importantly booting into windows. And windows 7 is great. Of course a hater is so blind they can’t see that there is more you can do in windows than on a mac. And once they’ve spent their money, they don’t want to admit it, or realize they got suckered. The only people I could think of that would be ok, would be 100% idiots, with lots of spare cash, who want an expensive web browser.

Then there are the media retards that tune into youtube and think the only way to make a good video is to use a mac and run imovie or fcp, Or to make music to use garage band. All parrots copying each other, when in fact there are better programs on pc, and some of the programs like adobe cs4 etc run on pc. Even worse, they think their macs are faster. Most mac users have an imac or a macbook as they say this stupid b.s.. I have had an i7 based pc @3.8ghz for a year, with a 1.5TBHD, that is more than double the speed of a $1600 imac at rendering video. In fact it’s faster than a $2500 mac pro, TESTED!. And it cost $830. I showed a friend with a mac how fast it was. Then for fun hackitoshed in leopard and showed him a mac twice as fast as his. He was sick, lol. Pretty much every mac user I run into has deep flaws in their thinking yet can’t accept it. They are so convinced it must be a mac because they heard it word of mouth. I met this one idiot who does video, and wastes hours processing video, and all because he believes osx is great and heard “windoze” is a horrible piece of dung that crashes all day long. Yet he knows nothing about computers. But he does listen to commercials.

It comes down to two things. The OS and if it’s stable enough. and then if your applications, apps crash or not! I’ve been on macs and watched safari crash miserably. The same with chess, and also seen final cut pro crash several times. If I’m going to pay double for a computer 1/2 as fast, I WANT IT TO BE PERFECT or close! But instead they are not. In fact IE8 on windows 7 has not crashed ONCE playing videos on youtube or anything else yet. I’m sure it will, but so far in 4 months, no. Firefox is different though. But point is they all crash. So who gives a shit?

Then there is the sickness where most apple users have no information whats so ever and seem to think apple invented everything, and did it first. That’s called marketing! Steve Jobs himself, along with marketing push this notion of ingenuity, purity, and my God WHITENESS. Yes, shininess and ultrua white, pure, macs against a white back ground. Stupid ImAMac ads that LIE to you and mislead you to get your money. Ask them what they think and you get, “It just works”. Or they toss around think different slogans. Mac doesn’t have to be the be considered the leader in media and video. That’s just stupid and one of those things that are just the way it is. Doesn’t mean it makes sense though….

By: Ely

Ely — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:04:59 +0000

There are already dvi to usb cables on the market. Hard drives aren’t really a problem since most that have firewire, also have usb. Looking at all the other converters on the market, there will probably be plenty of usb 3.0 to fw400 or 800 cables. What’s the problem?
Remember, technology isn’t really an investment. The longest it tends to last is 6 years. Most people upgrade at about 3 years. By the end of 6 years, the tech is so agonizingly slow, I’m not sure its worth keeping it that long unless its only for email. Engineered obsolesce is an ugly thing; the only way not to play that game is to not believe that you have to be at the cutting edge: keep it till it breaks, and buy it a year old.

By: Arthone

Arthone — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:27:43 +0000

Haha ^^ nice, is there a section to follow the RSS feed

By: Charles Moore

Charles Moore — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:08:12 +0000

FireWire 3200? No one will be happier than me about it if you folks are right and Apple maintains FW support with the new faster spec. I am A FW fan. However, FW 3200 is still roughly one-third slower than the claimed throughput for USB 3.0. Others agree with me on the likelihood Apple is phasing out FireWire.

For example:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10141810-76.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

Charles

By: AdamC

AdamC — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:03:44 +0000

One more advantage of the FW is you can create an external superdrive by combining a Pioneer DVD drive in a FW housing. And yes you can boot up from it with any bootable software CDs. The only problem is loading the CD initailly.