[dba-Tech] Getting used to Windows 8

Hi Arthur

If no ExpressCard port, I think you are out of options. USB 3.0 is about
hardware, not software (except drivers, of course).

My old HP zd8000 has an ExpressCard port, and I obtained a Sandberg
ExpressCard USB 3.0 adapter, so now I can hook up a 1TB external drive and a
USB 3.0 card reader and copy between these at excellent speed. Very handy.

/gustav

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Arthur Fuller
Sendt: 6. august 2013 03:07
Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Getting used to Windows 8

I don't think that my new box has one too. Can't have everything; o well.
Two of my externadrives support USB 3.0 but the new laptop stopsilitiel at
2.0/. Bummer. Is there some way to install USB 3.0 capabilities on a laptop?


On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 8:49 PM, Stuart McLachlan
<stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote:

> If your laptop has an ExpressCard slot, you can get a USB3 card  for it.
> Here's one example.
>
> http://www.targus.com/us/usb3/upgrade.aspx
>
>
> Mine doesn't :-(
>
>
> --
> Stuart
>
> On 5 Aug 2013 at 20:26, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> >
> > It appears that this new laptop supports USB 2.0 but one of my 
> > external drives supports USB 3.0. What is required to upgrade the 
> > laptop to support USB 3.0? In the case of my old late desktop it was
simple: drop in a 
> > USB card and that was that. But how to achieve the same in a laptop?