I didn't mean 5 Gbps USB ports have disappeared, but rather: most machines in the last ~10 years (~8-9 years?) have some 10 Gbps ports. Therefore if he is plugg

I didn't mean 5 Gbps USB ports have disappeared, but rather: most machines in the last ~10 years (~8-9 years?) have some 10 Gbps ports. Therefore if he is plugging a fast SSD in a slow 5 Gbps port, my assumption was that he has no 10 Gbps port.