Buffalo Kokuyo reveals 4-port USB 3.0 hub, leaves you little choice but to upgrade

Oh c'mon, that 80-port USB 2.0 hub served you well, and frankly, it owes you nothing. With USB 3.0 upon us, it's only a matter of time before every last external HDD, scanner and printer you own is cruising along the SuperSpeed highway, and while that's obviously a gross exaggeration, we've always been one for proactiveness. If you're worried about having the bandwidth to handle the next generation of USB, Japan's own Buffalo Kokuyo has just the thing: a 4-port USB 3.0 hub. The BSH4A03U3 supports Windows and Mac platforms and promises to handle speeds up to 5Gbps, though the ￥8,000 ($89) asking price does feel a wee bit steep.

[CHESTERCITY Posted Feb 17th 2010 4:42AM]

Someone, somewhere, will buy this, and connect it all to their PC via USB 2.0

[TheFrigginBox Posted Feb 17th 2010 5:24AM]

@CHESTERCITY That someone may well be related to me...

[nbarraille Posted Feb 17th 2010 6:21AM]

@CHESTERCITY
And this someone will probably keep bragging about how much faster and cooler USB3.0 is...

[Dante of the Inferno Posted Feb 17th 2010 4:47AM]

Sadly, this is a really nice alternative, since most current motherboards will only have 2 USB 3.0 ports.

[F C Posted Feb 17th 2010 4:57AM]

@Dante of the Inferno

But how many 3.0 ports would one need in the short run? The bandwidth intensive uses would mostly be data from/to one HDD. The occasional hi-res photo scan will be just that.

[DDragon Posted Feb 17th 2010 4:57AM]

Nice, now all I need is a computer and webcam with USB 3 to use it with.

[KGB Posted Feb 17th 2010 5:26AM]

I cant wait for Dot Matrix Printer with a 3.0 USB port on it

[ThomasBags Posted Feb 17th 2010 8:41AM]

@KGB
just curious, are there USB 2.0 dot matrix printers?

[jweavercrg Posted Apr 25th 2010 3:39PM]

yeah im quite sure theres usb 2.0 dot matrix printers, bit on the expensive side tho.
Anyways these guys got a selection of usb 2.0 products thats growing fast.
http://www.cut-rate-gizmos.com/14-usb-3