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Is a USB 3 port important in buying a new laptop?

  • 22-09-2012 10:13pm
    #1
    Arrow in the Knee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 956 ✭✭✭


    As above


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  • #2
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    it would be nice to have, not the end of the world to not have it. You won't run into compatibility issues by not having it, it just means you'll have to wait a bit longer when moving files


  • #3
    areyawell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭areyawell


    No, unless your planning on transferring 100's of gigabytes between a portable hard drive daily and your pc daily


  • #4
    yer man!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭yer man!


    I would say if you can afford it, go for it. It will be very handy for the likes of transferring movies or songs or backing up the pc or future mobile phones. It'll just make everything run much faster. It the computer is new it should already have at least one port supporting USB3.


  • #5
    Arrow in the Knee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 956 ✭✭✭Arrow in the Knee


    Can you get something to get a Laptop 'USB 3 port/USB 3.0' compatiable?
    ie: upgrade it


  • #6
    yer man!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭yer man!


    Arrow in the Knee wrote: »
    Can you get something to get a Laptop 'USB 3 port/USB 3.0' compatiable?
    ie: upgrade it
    No I don't think so, they're soldered right onto the logic board, if the laptop doesn't have USB3 it's probably not one of the newest out there so you may not be getting the fastest processor/memory for you money. what is the laptop you're looking at?


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
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    Arrow in the Knee wrote: »
    Can you get something to get a Laptop 'USB 3 port/USB 3.0' compatiable?
    ie: upgrade it

    For some laptops you can buy an ExpressCard adapter for USB 3.0 but more and more laptops are now leaving out the ExpressCard slot.


  • #8
    riclad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    Unless you are doing backups, 100gig plus daily its not
    important, might be important for a professional designer ,doing alot of backups, i find usb 2 is ok ,fast enough.
    i,d you ,d need to buy a external drive that has usb 3 port to get the full speed increase.
    AVERAGE storage on mobile phones is 4gig, i dont think it matters for phones.
    by the time you need usb 3 for phones , you,ll have a new laptop or pc.


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