Usb 3.0

[kirkrmartin1]

dell studio 1729, core i3 m350, 2.27 ghz, 6gb ram, windows 7 64 bit, pen and touch input active.

will my laptop support the fast transfer speeds of a usb 3.0 adapter? I am weary about purchasing one for 35$ and wondered if anyone had any input.

 

[sminlal]

If you can attach a USB adapter it should work fine - but I'm not familiar with the type of USB 3.0 adapter that would connect to a laptop, do you have a particular one in mind?

 

[RetiredChief]

(1) Usb 3 thumb drives are backwords compatable and should be fine on usb 2 port. In some cases they will run faster than the avg USB 2 drives, BUT not true for all. A couple of usb 2 thumbdrives (Sata II) perform much faster than others (SATA II). Also there is a big difference between the SATA III Thumbdrives, so make sure you check the specs.

(2) as to usb 3 on your laptop. The specs should list what ports are available.
If no USB 3 ports, then you need a expresscard slot for and can use a addon card to provide additional USB3 ports.
EX.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16839104025