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Post #23,708
by Meerkat
1/9/02 10:47:58 PM
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New Quite the opposite.
Firewire is nice, but USB has become standard for the PC Market. In fact, wasn't that why they picked it for the iMac?

When the iMac was launched, there was pretty much nothing out there in the way of USB peripherals. Apparently USB was something Intel was keen on getting PC makers to implement for years, but it never happened 'til the iMac popularised/mandatorised* it.

* © Language-manglers'R'us...

As far as high-bandwidth peripheral connections go, I reckon FireWire has achieved 'critical mass' already.
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Post #23,775
by nking
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1/10/02 1:24:40 PM
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New You may have a point
The iMac used it as a standard and got rid of all legacy ports. Meanwhile in the PC market USB ports were already standard, but legacy ports were included on most PC systems. Why make a USB device when 99% of the PC market still has serial and parallel ports? I think that the iMac was a factor, but not the only factor in getting companies to make USB devices.
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         Ashton, are you moonlighting? - (screamer) - (20) - Jan. 9, 2002, 03:57:50 PM EST
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                         Quite the opposite. - (Meerkat) - (1) - Jan. 9, 2002, 10:47:58 PM EST
                             You may have a point - (nking) - Jan. 10, 2002, 01:24:40 PM EST
                         NextGen Peripherals - (tuberculosis) - (12) - Jan. 10, 2002, 01:44:02 PM EST
                             Yesterdays technology tomorrow - (cforde) - (11) - Jan. 10, 2002, 02:53:54 PM EST
                                 USB and Firewire - (nking) - (10) - Jan. 10, 2002, 11:28:38 PM EST
                                     The computers aren't driving this - (tuberculosis) - (9) - Jan. 11, 2002, 12:45:34 PM EST
                                         Firewire? - (imric) - (8) - Jan. 11, 2002, 12:58:31 PM EST
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