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> Apple helped push the original USB standard into common use with the original iMac. I don't think that's true. USB became ubiquitous because literally every
by blattimwind 8y ago
> Apple helped push the original USB standard into common use with the original iMac.
I don't think that's true. USB became ubiquitous because literally every PC included it after 1998. Yes, it might have helped that USB also worked with Macs, unlike previous connectors.
- sjwright 8y agoThe USB port did start appearing on some PCs before the iMac—largely because Intel put it in its chipsets—but it was practically abandonware with precious few peripherals prior to the iMac. When the flood of peripherals did arrive, many of them were styled with translucent cables and casings to match the iMac, even when sold for Windows PCs.