First USB 3.0 Dongle Connecting eSATA Drives Arrives

What should be the first of many convenient devices in USB 3.0 has just crossed our news desk, the SIIG USB 3.0 to eSATA adapter. Minuscule in size, the adapter can super-size your bandwidth if you have USB 3.0 ports, but no eSATA port. Connect this to a full power USB 3.0 port and get up to 3GB/s performance of any eSATA based drives. You'll need to supply your own eSATA cable, but the USB 3.0 bus should contain enough juice to power the drives. You'll be able to read and write to drives up to 2TB in size. They can even be hot-swapped from drive to drive if you have the need.

There's another hidden goody that we'll hope to see in other USB 3.0 is backwards compatibility to USB 2.0. This dongle works just fine with both USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 machines. That makes this device a great tool to have handy, which will remain useful as you gain more and more access to USB 3.0 computers. There's only drivers for the Windows XP class OS's and up to Windows 7 to Server 2008. No support for Linux or Apple has been released yet. On the up side, Windows drivers are still native and built into the OS. $49.99 gets you this handy little adapter, and it's available now.

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