So how do I know USB 3.0 has finally arrived?  Well, I’m in the market for a new external hard drive, so I went to the Western Digital homepage on the world wide internet of tubes and it slapped me right across the face.  My Book 3.0.  They now have their popular external hard drive series available for USB 3.0.  It’s available in 2 TB and 1 TB sizes, but it’s a little pricy at the moment.  The MSRP is $280 for the 2 TB model and $200 for the 1 TB model.  That’s a little more than I want to pay for a drive that will probably crash one day after its two year warranty (prove me wrong WD).  Yes, you read that correctly — it only has a two year warranty and I issued a personal challenge to WD.

Super cool checkerboard surface not included