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Do any of you know an approximate date of when USB 2.0 started shipping with most laptops? Like, was it after 2000? After 2002? 2004?
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When was USB 2.0 introduced?
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early 2003 it was a concept, early to mid 2004 started seeing replace USB 1.1 as the standard.
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I thought it was earlier than that, some time like 2002 and then it didn't really catch on until 2004.
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There was lots of talk about it, but vapor in regards to product, kind of like most of Bluetooths early life.
I worked at radioshack from 2001 to 2004 and thats all i heard was USB 2.0 is coming soon! Heard that for... 2 years with nothing around to play with.
You could be right, im not a self-proclaimed computer pundit like Dvorak, but thats where i'm pretty sure USB 2.0 was out there.
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I worked at radioshack from 2001 to 2004 and thats all i heard was USB 2.0 is coming soon! Heard that for... 2 years with nothing around to play with.
You could be right, im not a self-proclaimed computer pundit like Dvorak, but thats where i'm pretty sure USB 2.0 was out there.
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If you want to find out if a specific laptop includes USB 2.0 you can look up the chipset (southbridge) or model number.
USB 2.0 started appearing more prevalently on motherboards in 2001 as the KT333 and other chipsets were paired with southbridges that included it. Previous southbridge chips made by NEC hade poor performance so not very many boards used it. Intel wasn't in the game until 2002. Real universal support for USB 2.0 didn't start showing up until early 2003.
The timeline on this page has a few holes: http://www.usbman.com/news/usb_news_articles_2.htm
USB 2.0 started appearing more prevalently on motherboards in 2001 as the KT333 and other chipsets were paired with southbridges that included it. Previous southbridge chips made by NEC hade poor performance so not very many boards used it. Intel wasn't in the game until 2002. Real universal support for USB 2.0 didn't start showing up until early 2003.
The timeline on this page has a few holes: http://www.usbman.com/news/usb_news_articles_2.htm
