In vmware fusion 6.0.4 with a windows 7 64 bit virtual machine, i set the usb compatibility mode to usb 2.0. in theory vmware could write a custom usb 3.0 driver for windows 7, customized for every apple usb controller that's every been produced, but haven't. i have no inside knowledge, but would guess that it's on the list, but at a lower. Note: the intel