RE: [WinMac] Re: iMac
David Linsey(linseyda[at]pilot.msu.edu)
> -----Original Message----- > From: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu > [mailto:winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu]On Behalf Of Jeff Thorstad > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 3:04 PM > To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list > Subject: RE: [WinMac] Re: iMac > > > I find it interesting that USB was not _standard_ on ANY > Wintel computer > until about a minute after the iMac came out. So maybe it was > available > first, but Apple still is the only company with the guts to > really use > new technology, whether they created it (IEEE 1394) or not > (USB). Wintel > companies have always been "wait until everyone does it, then > try to do > it cheaper". And what comes out is cheaper, not less expensive. > > Jeff T > thorstadj@macconnect.com > I am going to have to disagree with you along with Curtis. I have a Gateway that I purchased well over a year ago that has USB on the back. I am sure many computers were shipped with USB but did not have the ports as well. But nevertheless I am positive at least Gateways came with USB over a year ago, and as Curtis said some of the HPs did as well. One of the main reasons USB had problems was the old chicken and the egg deal, developers did not want to make hardware if only a few computers had the support for it. It did take a company like Apple to make an all USB computer to push developers, however the technology was first used in PCs.
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