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USB isn't a good counter example, unless they were switching to USB-C. But they're not, they're sticking with their proprietary port.
by strictnein 10y ago
USB isn't a good counter example, unless they were switching to USB-C. But they're not, they're sticking with their proprietary port.
- BurningFrog 10y agoOP is talking about the controversial original iMac launch in 1998: http://www.macworld.com/article/1133334/original_imac.html http://www.macworld.com/article/1133334/original_imac.html "Considering all these amenities, the most shocking part of the iMac isn’t what it offers, but what it lacks. The iMac has no floppy drive, which might be forgivable if there were a Zip drive or other removable-media option, but there isn’t. And most dramatically, this new consumer offering has no SCSI port, no standard serial ports, and no ADB ports. Apple has opted to replace these familiar connections with USB, a high-speed serial architecture that has suffered from slow adoption on the Wintel platform despite its technical advantages (see the sidebar “USB: Ready for Prime Time?”). Currently, no USB devices exist for the Mac."
- strictnein 10y agoBut that was a standard open to all and everyone understood it was the future, even in 1998. Lightning isn't any of that.
- compiler-guy 10y agoLightning isn't the future, but some sort of wireless is. Lightning is just a stop-gap.
- BurningFrog 10y agoStandardized, yes. But it was not at all clear that it would become a dominant force. Far from all standards do. Many think it was the iMac that made it into the success it has become.