NewerTech announced today the NewerTech eSATA to USB 3.0 Adapter for using an eSATA interfaced equipped external hard drive with computers offering the ‘SuperSpeed’ USB 3.0 interface. The $29.95 MSRP adapter offers benchmark proven performance of up to 247MB/s reads and 206.4MB/s writes for the fastest data transfer rates available with external data storage/backup. The NewerTech eSATA to USB 3.0 Adapter is compatible with Mac OS X 10.2.8 and later and with Windows 2000 and later PCs.
Product Features: Supports SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) data rate up to 5Gb/s; Supports 2.5″ and 3.5″ eSATA hard disk drives and SSDs; Plug and Play, no software or driver installation; Backward compatible with previous versions of USB 2.0/1.1; Backward compatible with previous versions of eSATA devices (1.5Gb/s); Compliant with Serial ATA Specification Revision 2.6; Supports Hot-Swap; Dimensions: 2.25″ D x 2.5″ W x .75″ H (57.3mm x 64.2mm x 19mm); Weight: 1.0oz (28.35g).