USB 3.0 ExpressCard adapter promises ten times more than it can deliver

December 07th, 2009 | Category: Gadget Reviews

Been fretting by the upcoming slew of USB 3.0 devices and your relatively new laptop’s inability to exploit their full speed? Well that isn’t going to help you much, but it’s a great example of why you should shop with a careful eye and preferably from reputable stores. British e-tailer StarTech.com (no, we haven’t heard of them before either) is now offering an ExpressCard-based USB 3.0 adapter for £39 (about $64), which seems a bargain considering the promised 5Gbps transfer speeds and general bragging rights associated with having SuperSpeed. But here’s the rub: while USB 3.0 certainly supports such speeds, the ExpressCard 1.0 device in question doesn’t. In fact, you’ll be limited to a tenth of the speed the 3.0 controller onboard is capable of, leaving us to question what the exact point of that device really is. Any ideas?

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Original post by Vladislav Savov

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