PCMCIA or USB 2.0?

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which is faster.

2006-07-08 05:53:23 · 2 answers · asked by Victor E 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks

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Today, laptops use CardBus slots - which are essentially new PCMCIA slots. These slots handle 132 MB/sec. USB2 does less than half that at 60 MB/sec. (Note: USB2 does 480 Mb/sec, but 60 MB/sec - b=bits, B=bytes)

2006-07-08 05:55:28 · answer #1 · answered by lwcomputing 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋

USB 2.0 has a max transfer speed of 480Mbps (MegaBITS per second)

For the PCMCIA check this link
http://www.pcmcia.org/about.htm

PS the Transfer rate is mesured in bits per second not bytes
bytes are a measurement of storage

2006-07-10 14:29:32 · answer #2 · answered by matthew12396 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋