Fast USB Sticks

[barwonfan]

To-day, at my U3A computer lessons I learnt how to tell a #2 from a #3. I have already known for a couple of years that one is blue and the other is black, but today, my tutor told me that you don't look at the surface colour of the USB stick; "you look down the spout." ; in other words look for the color at the end. I am having trouble wording the last couple of sentences I have just written, and I am hoping some kind member will come up with better words to describe the end of a USB stick. I also notice that my hub has blue colors where you stick in a usb. Also, my lap top computer has black ports where you stick in a USB.
By the way-- U3A stands for University of the third age. Is there one in your town?

[Ron]

USB 2.0 sticks are either white or black inside the stick connector opening. USB 3.0, which work at much faster speed, are coloured Blue

Ron

[Hugh-AR]

I think I am right in saying that the 3.0 will not work any faster than a 2.0 unless your computer has a dedicated 3.0 USB Port?

Hugh

[Fred]

The only advantage is using a fast USB stick is when it is used on the computer for loading LOTS of files. You will never see the improvements when used on a keyboard. It is the operating that determines the slow speed not the interface.


Fred

[dentyr]

Similar to the new USB 'C' connection that purports to be ten times faster than the USB 'B'. It is like having a ten lane highway going to a 2 lane gate. Your computer or keyboard can only handle its dedicated speed. Anyway, as fantastic as my brain works I doubt if I could notice the difference between any of them unless I was transferring multi-gigabytes of information. Just another gimmick to force you into buying the next generation of whatever.
Regards, Den.