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True, but USB 2.0 is rated for 35 MB/s and my flash card is rated for 30B/s. It shouldn't be all that slower than a USB 2 thumb drive. My guess is the USB card reader is the weak link. It's USB 2 compatible. I haven't used these SD cards all that much so its hard to say without benchmarking how fast or slow they are. My gut feeling was it was slower than a thumb drive. For reads anyway.
I have 2 USB 3 ports on my laptop, but that's about it. Its USB 2 only on my older desktop PC's. I have one USB 3 thumb drive, a 64 gig Kingston Hyper X. I had intended to use that for a Windows to Go setup but its not a certified drive. That's for another thread though, don't want to drag this one off topic.