* 1) Apple was the first to use USB even though it wasn't an Apple tech Not actually true. USB was shipping on PC motherboards for about a year before Apple w

* 1) Apple was the first to use USB even though it wasn't an Apple tech Not actually true. USB was shipping on PC motherboards for about a year before Apple went whole hog on USB. At the time, however, almost no one actually used USB (I think the first primary use of USB was keyboards and mice, and the first generation of USB keyboards and mice were notably inferior to their PS2 equivalents). Once Apple backed USB, other companies started to do the same.