--Gates can say what he wants to, but the ad with the PC guy in his hospital gown going in for a (Vista) check up is priceless!--
But patently misleading. It was the MacGuy that had to go in for the major organ transplants. USB and Intel chips so they could run WINDOWS and be compatible with the Apple IPOD!
Hahahahaha. You think Apple went with Intel chips because they wanted to do Windows and be compatible with the Apple IPOD?
Hahahahahahahaha. Hey, you in the market for a bridge in NYC?
Let's see. First computer to ship with USB native? Apple 233MHz iMac - May, 1998. . . one month before Window98 came out with USB support that actually worked.
Rather than remove all legacy ports in favor of USB, leading PC manufacturers took a "wait and see" approach and kept shipping PCs with both USB and legacy ports. In a bold move in 1998, Apple introduced the iMac, the first computer to be completely free of legacy ports. The iMac G5 family today includes USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) ports, and IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ports to handle high-speed applications.However, most of the PCs produced today still include both USB and legacy ports side-by-side. This is in part due to the number of legacy peripherals in the market and the fact that the cost of including a legacy port is relatively low. - The USB Revolution - 3/25/2005
Apple did not switch to the Intel chips so they could run Windows. That is just a minor side effect of the change. Apple changed because IBM had reneged on its promise of 3GHz PowerPC processors and was de-emphasizing Apple in its manufacturing plans, shifting instead to support Sony's and Microsoft's GAme boxes. Besides, my G5 runs WindowsXP in VirtualPC for those times I need it.
What are you talking about re the iPod and compatibility???