How much would you pay for USB3.0 hard-drive?
This is the question I am asking myelf, seeing Western Digital WD MyBook with 1TB capacity (average by today) offered in USB 2.0 (always 35MB/s) and USB 3.0 (average 90MB/s).
The USB 3.0 version is 3X faster in real-life situation when you backup big files and 1.5X faster for little random block accesses. But it cost 70$ more, 129$ to 199$ for USB 3.0, more than 50% higher tag price. is it serious?
May be I would consider paying $70 more to have USB 3.0 for a NAS with 4 hard-drives, or event a 2TB real-fast hard-drive, but seriously, for a mainstream $70 1TB hard-drive????
Anyway, think of all you MacBook Pro 13″ and 15″ that don’t have ExpressCard/34 : they are now obsolete for USB 3.0, obsolete for native eSATA too, obsolete for new canon cameras with SDXC with the integrated SD reader that could read only SDHC but NOT new SDXC.
I dislike to tell that, but there’s actually just one PRO laptop on Apple, it’s the MacBook Pro 17″ with it’s ability to sport 8GB RAM (as others), 1TB drive inside (as 15″) and have native eSATA, USB 3.0, SDXC reader or anything else using ExpressCard/34 slot.
I will never understand why Apple remove it from the 15″ unibody. The 15″ Macbook Pro 2×2.4Ghz unibody with ExpressCard/34 is more professional by many metrics than the actual 2×2.8Ghz!
Seriously Apple, come back to PRO hardware, even if they still look fashioned 
