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USB prior to the iMac was moribund. Very few devices, half the motherboards didn't ship with drivers for the ports. While everybody was talking about how great

USB prior to the iMac was moribund. Very few devices, half the motherboards didn't ship with drivers for the ports. While everybody was talking about how great USB was and how it would replace all the other ports, none of the PC manufacturers took it seriously until Apple shipped the iMac. Same could be said with Bluetooth. Lot's of talk about how great it was/would be, but none of the PC manufacturers really did anything with it until Apple started to ship it standard on their devices and make a fuss about it. Ditto with WiFi. I believe that the original iBook was the first mainstream computer designed and sold with integrated wireless networking. I don't recall any PC manufacturers chomping at the bit to make it standard across the range on their models. "As for laptops, I find it hard to give Apple credit for innovating when all they did was the same as everyone else, make things smaller and lighter, only taking it a bit further.' Taking it "a bit further" by innovating in manufacturing processes. Please point me to PC laptops that were constructed from a single block of aluminium prior to the late 2008 Macbook Pro. Given that you seem to claim that there is so much rampant innovation in the PC market, please point it out.

josteink 14y ago
So you are saying that USB in general wasn't taking of until around the the time of the iMac. That does not make it the iMac which drove this development. Bluetooth, at least in my opinion, has severely limited use. Most my devices has it, has had it (apart from desktops) and on all of them I turn it off. It is a relic from ancient times. Ditto with wifi? Seriously? No really? You are going to pick widely available products and just claim that some iProduct popularized it? You're obviously seeing the world through Apple-coloured glasses and are unable to see general technological progress as just that. And like I said in the original post: lets ignore laptops, because those are not what we are discussing. Someone wanted to know what Apple would do with desktop system since evidently the entire PC industry will copy that in 2-3 years. I'm still waiting for a single example from you which holds valid. None have been provided so far. Only fanboy-cheering. As for the PC business in general and all that innovation you claim that I say is happening there... My point is that there isn't. It's a very standstill market. There has been little to no innovation the last decade, except making things cheaper, more efficient, smaller, lighter and prettier. You know... The general trends for all things technology. It's just evolving. And here you credit all that general evolving to one company without any proof what so ever. I don't buy it fanboy.

josteink 14y ago

So you are saying that USB in general wasn't taking of until around the the time of the iMac. That does not make it the iMac which drove this development. Bluetooth, at least in my opinion, has severely limited use. Most my devices has it, has had it (apart from desktops) and on all of them I turn it off. It is a relic from ancient times. Ditto with wifi? Seriously? No really? You are going to pick widely available products and just claim that some iProduct popularized it? You're obviously seeing the world through Apple-coloured glasses and are unable to see general technological progress as just that. And like I said in the original post: lets ignore laptops, because those are not what we are discussing. Someone wanted to know what Apple would do with desktop system since evidently the entire PC industry will copy that in 2-3 years. I'm still waiting for a single example from you which holds valid. None have been provided so far. Only fanboy-cheering. As for the PC business in general and all that innovation you claim that I say is happening there... My point is that there isn't. It's a very standstill market. There has been little to no innovation the last decade, except making things cheaper, more efficient, smaller, lighter and prettier. You know... The general trends for all things technology. It's just evolving. And here you credit all that general evolving to one company without any proof what so ever. I don't buy it fanboy.