Check my other comment for data and arguments. USB was already pretty much standard in new PCs and all kind of peripherals were available many months before iMa

Check my other comment for data and arguments. USB was already pretty much standard in new PCs and all kind of peripherals were available many months before iMac release. By the time the iMac was released the yearly computer sales were in the 90 million range >90% PCs, easily were 10s of millions of PCs USB equipped by Aug-1998. I find it hard to justify that a computer that sold 5 million units over 3 years made USB mainstream. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/04/19Apple-Ships-5-Millionth-iMac/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/04/19Apple-Ships-5-Milli... Edit typo.