Re:eSATA, Weakest Link, etc (Score 1)

With multiple pieces of hardware in the picture data throughput is all about the slowest device or bottleneck. USB 3 sounds great but (I assume) for most USB 2.0 devices the 480 Mbps USB speed is not the bottleneck, so obviously the 4.8 Gbps speeds of USB 3 aren't going to change anything for those devices. However I have to note that if someone is getting 5GB in 38 sec that equals 134 MB/s which USB 2.0 cannot do. So there must be some devices ready for the increase speed. I'm just happy to see a standard with such high speeds... one less thing to be the bottleneck. What I am really hoping for is that USB 3 replaces all other digital cables/connectors. Hell you could probably replace HDMI. As I see it: 24 bits/pixel 1920x1080 (1080p) gives: 24 bits/pixel * 1920*1080 = 49.766400 Mbps (you could even do that over USB 2.0) One connector, one protocol for all digital devices