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There are wireless USB "extenders" too that can make the distance even further. I suppose they could make them even longer and it'd still work. Sgbaird - How long can a USB cable be? The longest USB cable I've seen sold is 16 feet. Is there a way to get around this without buying a new computer? I assume according to your article here that my computer must have the older USB 1.1 (?). I have a 2003 Sony Vaio desk top and need to use USB 2.0 to run a new video capturing device (Easy Cap). Question: Does a usb CABLE have to be usb 2.0 compliant in order to make use of the benefits of usb 2.0 in peripheral usb 2.0 devices? Or, are usb cables all the same? USB 1.0/Low-Speed: 1.5 Megabits per second (Mbps) USB 1.1/Full-Speed: 12 Mbps USB 2.0/Hi-Speed: 480 Mbps USB 3.0/SuperSpeed: 5 Gbps USB 3.1/SuperSpeed: 10 Gbps When connecting devices with different USB versions, the data transfer rate will be limited by the slowest of the connected devices. If I buy a computer that has 3.0 USB ports will my external hard drive work connected to these ports. I have an external Seagate Hard Drive connected to a USB 2.0 port.

The best USB 3.0 drive was over 28 times faster. The worst USB 3.0 drive was faster than the USB 2.0 drives, but only by a tiny bit. What’s really interesting here is the huge variation in speeds. My computer has an old style usb port and I need a 2.0 port. The USB 3.0 drives they tested go from 11.4 MB/s all the way up to 286.2 MB/s.