Difference between USB 1.0 and USB2.0

India
February 13, 2007 10:53pm CST
I have been using USB 2.0 configured PC. Now I bought one Thumb drive of 1 GB,2.0 version. What is the problem is Previously I have connected that thumb drive with my PC directly to default USB ports. But the USb ports in my PC are situated at the back of PC, it made me exhausted when ever I try to connect it. Coz I have to turn My PC to connect the Thumb Drive. So I bought one USB 1.0 extension of. Now I realizes the slow in tranfer rate. So let me clear that there any differences between USB 2.0 and USB 1.0.
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ethanmama
@ethanmama (1745)
• Philippines
3 Mar 07
Yes, USB 1.0 is slower. You can put your USB 2.0 thumb drive into a USB 1.0 extension, but as you've noticed, it's gonna slow things down.
Mecboy
@Mecboy (1050)
• United States
14 Feb 07
I believe most people have usb 1.0 USB 2.0 is the bomb if you have an ipod. It should be fairly quick to transfer things through a usb 2.0,which is heard to have more support than a firewire. USB 1.0 is okay, and supported as well.
RAMPersona
@RAMPersona (2033)
• Philippines
14 Feb 07
USB 0.7: Released in November 1994. USB 0.8: Released in December 1994. USB 0.9: Released in April 1995. USB 0.99: Released in August 1995. USB 1.0 Release Candidate: Released in November 1995. USB 1.0: Released in January 1996. Specified data rates of 1.5 Mbps (Low-Speed) and 12 Mbps (Full-Speed). Did not anticipate or pass-through monitors. Few such devices actually made it to market. USB 1.1: Released in September 1998. Fixed problems identified in 1.0, mostly relating to hubs. Earliest revision to be widely adopted. USB 2.0: Released in April 2000. Added higher maximum speed of 480 Mbps (now called Hi-Speed). Current revision. Allowed Low-Speed and Full-Speed to be designated as 2.0 compliant (a major confusion factor to the market). USB 2.0: Revised in December 2002. Added specification clarifications. taken from wikipedia.org