You're telling us that the iMac, which came out in August 1998, somehow had USB ports/technology before USB 1.0 was released in January 1996?
Ummmmmmm....
But regardless, My Win98 system (released before iMac) was using USB....and I am pretty sure my old Win95 Micron machine was using USB because I recall I didn't want to upgrade to Win98.
Oh jeeze.
The comment was not "Steve Jobs invented USB with his own two hands" it was "It was the first machine to really be using USB" I didn't even say "It was the first machine to use USB". I guess I should have bolded 'really'
There were USB cards, and a HANDFUL of USB equipped machines. But the iMac was the first machine in popular service to utilize USB, and it utilized it nearly exclusively, ditching many of the old connector standards.
At the time, most of the USB devices on the market were for Mac, were very expensive, etc. I know, I was a PC user at the time! I was excited about USB, but was upset that the cards were expensive, and the devices were initially limited. It only took a couple of months before it took off (so not as slow) but my point still was, I do remember conversations about how USB was 'dead' because it HAD been around since '96 (and we had heard about it before that), but by the iMacs introduction in 1998, there were still very few devices available. The iMacs USB keyboard and mouse, in fact, was one of the only options you had for a USB keyboard and mouse!
So folks said it was dead. Too expensive, taking too long to adopt, etc. Then, eventually, hardware and software changes and the old ports became too slow, and people migrated to USB out of necessity, due to it's robustness and speed. They didn't go to FireWire when it was released, despite it's incredible speed, because it didn't have the same friendliness with peripherals USB did. So USB took off.
Thunderbolt won't take off in that way, but it will remain relevant. However some seem to think it'll dethrone USB and we'll be left with 8 thunderbolt ports along the size of our MacBook Pro and nothing else. No, it'll live like FireWire. A cutting edge, top of the line, high speed data transfer port. FireWire WAS successful, just not in the consumer, low to mid grade PC market. It was the de facto standard for professionals who used a lot of external standard. Cheap digital video cameras used USB, mid and professional grade ones used FireWire, etc. Thunderbolt will be the same. USB will continue to be the consumer grade product which will work for most people most of the time, and those who demand performance and are willing to pay for it will use Thunderbolt, and it will live on!
