Why no USB 3.0 on the latest iMacs, Mac Pros?

Why no USB 3.0 on the latest iMacs, Mac Pros?

I'm still mulling over the possibility of selling my current 27-inch, "tricked out" iMac and buying one of the new models so I can see how the new memory, new graphics card and an SSD drive feels.

On the other hand, those features are nice, but my current iMac is plenty fast enough and Apple didn't include any "gotta have" features in the latest rev of the consumer/prosumer desktop. I was certain that Apple would include USB 3.0, but they didn't. Why? Who knows. I've written Apple about the exclusion, but -- no surprise -- I've received no answer.

Syncing an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch with USB 3.0 would be an improvement. Or Apple could bring back FireWire syncing. Remember how wonderful the syncing of the original iPod was with FireWire 400? But backing up and syncing with the current USB 2 is just painful. Getting back to very short syncs would be a blessing.

-- Dennis Sellers

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Mon, 08/16/2010 - 13:58 — LooseNeutral

No USB3 for mac? Money!

Apple would have to get the NEC controller chip on the mobo as Intel does not directly support USB3. That means money, If they can't get away with charging you double for it, they won't use it. I wonder how they feel about Intels new chips coming soon. Hello AMD, which will support USB3 from what I've read! :D

 
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