Freecom Announces First USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
Freecom Announces First USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
Posted 09/25/2009 at 5:42pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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The first USB 3.0 controller was just recently certified, and now there’s a speedy external hard drive to go with it. Freecom has announced their “Hard Drive XS 3.0” as the first to support the new USB SuperSpeed standard.
The drives will come in 1TB, 1.5TB and 2TB sizes. The enclosure contains standard a 3.5 inch drive and is capable of data transfer speeds of up to 130MB/s. Not bad for a first attempt. The XS drives are backwards compatible with USB 2.0, meaning users can purchase them right away with the intention of upgrading to USB 3.0 when it becomes widely available. They will be on sale starting this November in Europe. The 1TB version will go for a not completely outlandish $175.
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Tony_Wilson
September 26, 2009 at 10:12am
Can I use this in USB 3.0, as my regular harddrive. I've been wanting to get a SSD but price/storage is not that good. Does anyone know?
nekollx
September 28, 2009 at 7:52am
it's a external so....no?
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