I like the way he 'teaches' the subject.. crystal clear..like in a lecturer would do..

It's been 6 years : still using USB 2.0

The only reason i know this video isn't straight from the 90's is because he's talking about usb 3

I love your videos man. They are simple and straight to the point. No "channel advertise" annotations, you actually make the annotations very useful.

Thank you for a very clear explanation. Not all your listeners will have English as a first language and so I am sure they too are grateful for your speaking clearly. I am English, by the way.

Watching in December 2020! Chris you haven't changed much but the channel has certainly improved over the decade. No sign of Stanley the knife opening that tricky usb card back then!

If you get a USB 3.0 hard drive it will work fine on your PC with USB 2.0, just at USB 2.0 speeds. And if at some point you want the extra speed, you can fit a USB 3.0 card to your PC (as I show in the video).

I am starting to speak faster in more recent videos! :)

if you dont like his content, simply dont watch his channel? whats shit talking for? and ExplainingComputers keep up the great work! dont let the haters bring you down

I WANNA PARTY WITH THIS GUY

Thanks for this comment. :) The way I say the website name is quite deliberate to make it memorable. When I started this KZfaq channel, the intention was to promote the website (and then its ExplainingTheFuture sister site on my other channel). But now, the KZfaq channels are more popular than the websites -- but the name has kind of become my catchphrase, so I keep saying it the same, distinctive way! More videos soon. :)

Thanks for a simple plain quiet well made informative video. No music and no time wasting. Please make more covering pc technology.

so if am a spy stealing data and time is of the essence, I better make sure I'm using USB 3.0 Gotcha!

"However"!

They have a wider connector for this -- like an existing mini or micro port, but with another connector alongside it. I had not physically got hold of one of these when I made the video.

Loud and clear explanations. Thanks.

2:36 the struggle is real...

Well, it's been 5 years and what he said stands true. If you buy a new laptop today, chances are it has at least 1 usb 3.0 slot. Fuck yeah, technology!

i am a hardware technician from India Just today i saw your video , excellent presentation , thank you so much

O M G that intro that hair cut subbed in 2017... hope to watch it still in 2050. Keep going EC.

Great explanation still in 2018

I'm enjoying these 'explaining computers.com' series. I'm a technology fan and now and again I need to be familiarised with details that 'ec' provides. Thumbs up!

Thank you Christopher that was a very clear explanation of everything. I appreciate your good work.

Very clear presentation, right speed of words and easy listening. Thanks.

That is a great idea -- I will add it to my growing list of requests! :-)

Thank you Sir for the info, I appreciate it! :-)

Your presentation hasn't changed much in 9 years. If anything, your speech patterns have become livelier. What an absolute mensch. Never change. You are completely zen and comfy.

Mr. Barnatt, I am most grateful for this videos that you post and they are as enlightning as educational, so please, may I sugest that you also put the links of the related videos in the main description of the current video so the ones that don't have a PC/MAC to view this youtube video can keep up and have full access to all the info you are posting, for I am viewing it from my iPad with great sound and image clarity, but with some restrictions. Thanks making our lives a little easier!! (Y)

These are the kind of videos that are slow enough for my mum to understand.

Thanks Dad. You always help me.

Excellent and quite amusing. Thank you !

I really appreciate the way you try to speak as much clearly as possible so that anyone can understand ;-)

Thanks for that. Finally understand what that "SS" means on my USB 3.0 plug.

Thanks for this kind feedback! :) I did the opening animation (in a previous life I used to produce painted-cell cartoon animation for the BBC). Checkout the "Big Data" video here for more shots of the "metal people" in the intro.

i just added your videos to my favorites because it is so much helpful... :)

Thanks for the explination, had no idea how the connections were different.

Just watched this video after ordering an external hard-drive (1 TB. A TERAbyte?!?!? I went to a super nerdy engineering college and this was almost unfathomable back in the day to us geeks). Mr. Barnatt is and was sooooo ahead of his time. Wow. "In five years..." That was 2010! It's 2020, 9 months into the 'Rona apocalypse, and when my new fancy e.h.d. wouldn't "work" with my 3 year old laptop, I found this video. Mr. Barnett, I wish I had stumbled upon you earlier. You are a prophet sage of technomania! :-D

this reminds me of the old bbc educational programs we used to watch in primary school lol

I wanted to find the difference in cable structure of usb 2 and 3 and got exactly that, thanks man.

Excellent video: clear, slower, understandable. Thanks.

Looks like he's stuck in the 1980's Beatle's Universe with Dr Pepper.

USB 3.0 is still not that common in 2013..can't believe it

I just remembered the term USB 3.0, looked for your video and realized that I have two USB 3.0 sockets at the back of my laptop. Thanks for the video showing the socket, it gave me relief knowing that I have USB 3.0 sockets.

Very interesting to watch, and easy to understand. Thanks for posting.

Dude, you is one bad mamma jamma. Clearly within that cool exterior beats the heart of a lion. Thanks for all the good information.

you can tell he's a real computer science professor, I almost fell asleep as soon as he started talking lol

Very clearly and simply explained. Thank you very much.

Thanks for this! I've not done any reviews up to now (I'm a bit snowed under at present), but am happy to consider this for the future. What kind of products did you have in mind?

when he says "talk to you again." it sounds like he's saying "torture you again" xD

"Within five years everyone will use usb 3." It's five years later and I still have never seen a usb 3 device, and rarely hear of them. Where u at, future tech?

Great video, well done. Explains the subject clearly.

Your kids are gonna love it. - Marty McFly

3:58 I'm watching in 2016. Six years later. I have never touched a USB 3.0 related thing in my life.

You are like the Christopher Walken of computer world. You look and even talk like him. Are you somehow related to him? A cousin? A secret child? I CRAVE FOR ANSWERS!

Very informative, thank you!

I was 4 when this video was released, and still not everyone is using usb 3.0 😂 my only usb 3.0 device is an 1 terrabyte harddisk

He was right it's 5 years

Thank you very much for posting this very informative presentation!

Great Tutorial. I had no idea on how USB 3.0 was different from USB 2.0

How much did he speak 'however'?

he looks like he came from the 1980s

WOW the intro is so 80's!!! awesome!!

Whoa, did not know you were/still is a professor? That makes so much more sense now.

Is that windows 95? Come on guys you need to step up your game.

Man I love your videos! Thank u!

Simple, clear, straight-forward explanation, good video thank you!

I'm just glad Apple wasn't behind the USB 2.0 to 3.0 evolutionary leap, otherwise we'd all be buying a fucking adapter from Apple to connect our USB 2.0 devices to the new USB 3.0 ports, probably would've been called Thunder or some shit.

however

Real-world transfer speeds are always far lower than theoretical maximum transfer speeds! :-) Also, here the PCIe USB 3.0 card will limit the max theoretical transfer speed to 2.5Gbps. Two years down the track, the USB 3.0 ports integrated into most new motherboards will probably work faster than the early USB 30 hardware I show here -- though I doubt any will approach the theoretcial 4.8Gps spec.

I'm a computer tech and still find your videos very informative, 2 thumbs up.

The person in the video is still replying to the peoples issues Is this real u or your soul

since I got a usb3 mobo I haven't bothered putting any HDD's in my PC other than the small SSD. Connecting usb HDD docks are just easier! hooray for usb3! (although usb2 only connections on tv's and dvd players are everywhere GGRRRR!)

It's like a person from the 1970's explaining (very well) modern day technology

That was a simple and clear information and well explained video of distinctive between the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0

Is he the same nigga from the 12 year-old computer genius from 1984 video?

Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky...

Best explanation Ever!! I would like to watch more of your videos!! :)

U explain so well! Love ur videos

If he talked any slower I might have fell asleep lol

However....

Mr. Barnatt, I admire your vocabulary.

i liked your explanation .. back to basics like in 80's and 90's easily understood! thank you!

omg I feel like i'm 50

Is he using fucking windows 98?

Good video. Found out everything I wanted to know, and any new questions that popped up were answered right away.

This is a very good point. The initial plans for USB 3.0 did use a fibre optic cable to achieve the increased speed (in combination with the legacy wiring), but sadly this did not make it to the final version.

That intro gave me cancer.

is this Australian accent or just creepy accent? lol

Thumbs up for an informative video as always.

So clear and concise, thanks for great instruction.

that intro gave me cancer

Great program and explanation.

i dont know why but i feel good when i watch this man videos

TY. Very informative.

its nice to see that you take feedback positively and actually read comments, keep up the great work.

Thanks for the vid!. You boosted my computer knowledge!

Sorry to hear this. I'm not sure how I can help. Will the retailer allow you to return it? That's all I can suggest. Else eBay.

I love this channel so much

thank you for the video and the help!

I agree. Over time the delivery of media has gone faster and faster (if with no evidence that people are actually learning any more). But we cannot go on speeding up (and skimming detail) forever. Thanks for your comment.