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Nope. The reaction to floppy-less iMac was more or less a direct replay of the current headphone jack, escape key, and USB-C "outrage": >Long-time users were o
by TetOn 10y ago
Nope. The reaction to floppy-less iMac was more or less a direct replay of the current headphone jack, escape key, and USB-C "outrage":
>Long-time users were outraged that they'd be forced to buy new peripherals and couldn't back up the 4 GB hard drive with a waist-high pile of diskettes. They also wondered about the wisdom of using USB ports, ports that weren't yet widely accepted by the industry.
http://www.applematters.com/article/may-6-1998-the-original-imac-is-unveiled-to-mixed-reaction/ http://www.applematters.com/article/may-6-1998-the-original-...
- chc 10y agoYou said "nope" and then posted something that agrees with what I said. I suspect you did not read my comment very carefully.
- sbuk 10y agoSo much this! The parallel-to-USB dongles for printers were ludicrously expensive and really flaky! For us old-time Apple users, this current round of caterwauling is highly amusing.