Is a UBS 3 port the same as a Thunderbolt port? just a diff moniker?

USB, not UBS.

And they are very different.

The first is a faster version of USB, the second is a different protocol designed to be a high performance carrier.

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Two entirely separate technologies. Thunderbolt provides a direct bus interface that could be compared to what you get with a PCIe slot in a computer whereas USB is a single ended device interface.

USB 3 is exceptional with respect to it's cost to support and if Apple's next Macs don't have USB 3 ports standard, the only reason would be Apple trying to protect/grow Thunderbolt. For most users, Thunderbolt is overkill and even USB3 is overkill for many applications with respect to data rates in the realworld of up to about 700-800MB/s for Thunderbolt and about 300MB/s for USB3. Thunderbolt goes way beyond data storage though.

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Mb/sec, no?

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USB, not UBS.

And they are very different.

The first is a faster version of USB, the second is a different protocol designed to be a high performance carrier.

Sorry, typo I was hurrying to get away from home and I do know my mistake so please forgive me.

I got a little HD Toshiba and the USB drive is a 3 but you can use USB2 with it also. I hope Apple makes their USB3 (if they use it) backward compatible. The connection on the USB3 is a diff design connection. Like a bent USB2.

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I got a little HD Toshiba and the USB drive is a 3 but you can use USB2 with it also. I hope Apple makes their USB3 (if they use it) backward compatible. The connection on the USB3 is a diff design connection. Like a bent USB2.

that's a USB connector, not a USB3 connector - there are probably a dozen variants... that's the end that goes into the external drive, the other goes to the computer and it'll work fine with your macs...

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I got a little HD Toshiba and the USB drive is a 3 but you can use USB2 with it also. I hope Apple makes their USB3 (if they use it) backward compatible. The connection on the USB3 is a diff design connection. Like a bent USB2.

USB3 spec includes backward compatibility with USB2 and USB. Connection will work, but you don't get the speed benefit of USB3.