USB 3.0 is designed for newer devices such as external Blu-ray optical drives, solid-state RAID drives and USB video display. Large video and music file transfers are 10 times faster than USB 2.0. Plug-N-Play for Windows 7, Vista and XP. Hot-swappable and backward compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. More Power-hungry Devices Could be Bus Powered USB Bus Charged Devices Could be Charged More Quickly Compliant with Universal Serial Bus 3.0 Specification Revision 1.0 Supports Simultaneous Operation of Multiple USB 3.0/2.0/1.1 Devices Supports USB Data Transfer Rate of 1.5/12/480/5000 Mbps Fully Compliant with ExpressCard Specification 1.0 ExpressCard/34 From Factor Module Hot-swapping Feature Allows Users to Connect / Disconnect Devices Without Powering Down the System Note 1: At this time, Apple does not support USB 3.0. Please check back in the future for Possible Mac drivers. For Linux driver, please search Internet for newest driver download Note 2: Many of the USB 3.0 speed and features require USB 3.0 cable to work System Support: Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit) Vista (32-bit/64-bit) Windows XP (32-bit/64-bit) Windows 2000 MS Server 2003 MS Server 2008