Google| Subject | Re: Intel's Thunderbolt desperation... |
| From | Flint |
| Date | 08/14/2013 22:32 (08/14/2013 16:32) |
| Message-ID | <kugpgo$k1t$1@dont-email.me> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Follows | KDT |
| Followups | Sandman (57m) KDT (3h & 42m) |
On 8/14/2013 7:25 AM, KDT wrote:
KDTYes they did - here in CSMA in fact. I don't recall who exactly (it was like 8 years ago), but the basic gist was exactly that (Apple invented USB), and once shown their idiocy, they pivoted to 'popularized' USB, which itself was bullshit too. Hell, it might have even been Travelinturd Ragosta...
No one said that Apple invented USB.
But the fact is that USB support didn't arrive for Windows until '96 with Windows '95 release 2. Even then PC users were using hacks like interfacing with Zip drives with parallel ports.
And I once told hh years ago, I was one of them. But I was also using a USB mouse then as well.
Even after Windows '98 came out, I still couldn't find USB CD writers.Do you think it was coincidence that most of the PC USB peripherals were the same colors as iMacs?
Yeah, I heard this retconned rationalization before too. BFD. So manufactuers made their peripherals appealing to the two markets. who'd a thunk it, huh? Especially for a >universal< standard.
How long do you think companies would have continued making those early USB peripherals if only Mac users bought them, and PC users didn't?
Not too fucking long, I'd bet. PC users clearly are who 'popularized' them. Apple and it's users simply were a market catalyst that kicked off the introduction of USB peripherals into the marketplace. Any other interpretation is simply Apple fangurl spin.
-- MFB
08/14/2013-
