From PC World:
“PC users love their machines’ dependable Universal Serial Bus ports, but speedy peripherals such as external hard drives can turn USB’s
1.5-megabytes-per-second (12-megabits-per-second) transfer rate into a performance bottleneck. Enter USB 2.0, or Hi-Speed USB, which promises the
versatility of its predecessor, compatibility with today’s USB products, and a transfer rate of up to 60 MBps (480 mbps) with USB 2.0
peripherals–that’s 40 times faster than USB 1.1.”
“PC users love their machines’ dependable Universal Serial Bus ports, but speedy peripherals such as external hard drives can turn USB’s
1.5-megabytes-per-second (12-megabits-per-second) transfer rate into a performance bottleneck. Enter USB 2.0, or Hi-Speed USB, which promises the
versatility of its predecessor, compatibility with today’s USB products, and a transfer rate of up to 60 MBps (480 mbps) with USB 2.0
peripherals–that’s 40 times faster than USB 1.1.”