A New Generation Of Mac Computer Accessories

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 is coming to Apple's Mac. It's one of those historical inevitabilities -- albeit one that's been rather deliberately delayed by Intel and Apple until they could get ThunderBolt out there and established first. However, with the release of Intel's latest Ivy-Bridge chipsets and it's inbuilt support for USB 3.0, the tide will shift rapidly as PC and Mac systems with native USB3 support ship en masse by year's end.

With Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) slated for this month, expect new product introductions that will reveal whether the Mac is going to get USB 3.0 support sooner - rather than later.

The benefits of 5GBps USB3 SuperSpeed are many: Familiar cabling, backward compatibility with legacy USB 2.0 and 1.1 speed devices, more milliamps of power for faster device charging, and more intelligent power use and management for better battery life in laptops and portable devices. With potentially up to 10-fold data transfer speeds, backing up data or synching an iGadget device will take a fraction of the time.

The benefit of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 accessories are just too compelling for the consumer. But most Mac users don't know that. What's been missing are real voices in the industry TELLING and SELLING it's benefits to the public. Without an icon like Steve Jobs telling users why they're gonna want the latest USB 3.0 enabled MacBook or iPad - the role of that will be left to Steve Cook or Phil Schiller in the months to come.

Best MacBook Backup Drive? Think USB 3.0

Looking for a great little portable backup drive for your MacBook laptop or desktop Macintosh? The LaCie Rikiki Superspeed USB 3.0 Drive may prove to be a great near - and long-term choice.

For all the promise of ThunderBolt drives and devices - USB 3.0 SuperSpeed is an inevitability for Mac and PC's in the years ahead. Mac users can enjoy full USB 2.0 backup speeds on thier current Mac - and be USB 3.0 SuperSpeed ready when Macs and Windows systems start broadly incorporating USB 3.0 ports in 2012 and beyond.

As Professional-market SHIPPING ThunderBolt hard drives reach the market, the price premium is going to be too stiff for the average consumer. Especially since ThunderBolt almost REQUIRES SSD solid-state drives to even begin to take advantage of TBolt's 10GBps bandwidth. For the rest of us Mac users -- It's just smart money to think to the future, and look for an affordable spinning platter laptop drive for today's Mac backup needs that's USB3-ready.