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12 posted on 07/21/2009 6:34:55 AM PDT by Dan Nunn (Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise. -The Great One)

OK--does Windows actually support those ports to their capabilities?

That's the point of the article--Linux will be the first OS to support USB 3.0.

13 posted on 07/21/2009 6:40:24 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)

To: Dan Nunn; ShadowAce

> ASUS P6X58 Premium motherboard arrives complete with USB 3.0 ports.

Nice-looking demo-ware. Got any real drivers or devices? Didn't think so.

I've been developing USB hardware and software for over a decade. Many years I was active in the USB 1.0 roll-out. Motherboard manufacturers were showing motherboards with USB connectors cobbled onto them -- WITH NO CIRCUIT TRACES CONNECTED. Pure show-n-tell.

So unless you can show me a USB 3.0 driver, and a USB 3.0 device, plugged into that motherboard, my opinion is that it is just marketing-ware or an engineering prototype.

21 posted on 07/21/2009 7:07:20 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)

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