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When the iMac first came out, you either loved it, or you hated
it. Most of the people who loved it, loved it because of its all in
one case design, low price, good software, and really cool color.
Most of the people who hated it, hated it for two reasons: it's a
Mac, and it had USB (or universal serial bus). The first problem
really isn't a problem, because anyone who wouldn't buy a computer
because it was a Mac probably still owns a Ford Model T and can't
wait until DOS version 2.0 is realized. The later problem isn't
really a problem anymore, because although in the dark ages of
August 1998 there were few USB devices, but now there are many.
There weren't many USB devices a year ago because many companies
thought that USB and the iMac wouldn't catch on, so they were
reluctant to produce USB devices. But as the iMac got more popular,
USB devices kept getting cheaper and cheaper, because there are
many of them on the market now.
Now there really aren't any devices that you will have to do
without if you decide to convert to the iMac's USB. There's a wide
variety of printers, scanners, cameras, removable storage, and
other such items.
Just recently Diamond systems has announced that the very
popular (and controversial) Rio portable MP3 player will be
released in a Universal Serial Bus version. To make it even cooler,
it will come in the five translucent iMac flavors.
But that's not all - a new USB flavored Iomega Zip 250 drive
will be released. Also, now there are new scanners, CD-Rs,
speakers, faster SuperDisk drives, and barcode scanners for the
iMac. In fact, most of them even come in a cool Bondi-ish color, or
in all five iMac flavors.
Now all you Model T owners out there can sit at your non-USB
computers and use your punch cards and criticize us USB Mac owners,
but I'm sticking with my iMac - and its USB.
Recent Mac Happens Columns
MP3 Forever!, 6/26/00. Closing down
Napster will not help already rich artists, but may prevent new
ones from being discovered.
Internet radio, 6/9/00. Internet
radio solves problems with poor radio reception, but also lets you
listen to radio from around the world.
Listen to Just the Music with the V-Moda Vibe Earbuds, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh, 09.05.
Well built, the noise canceling earbuds will let you hear all the nuances of your music without letting through background noise.
Tomorrow's Solid State Drives and Notebooks, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 09.04.
Flash drives are great but have some shortcomings. Some thoughts on building better SSDs and notebooks to use them.
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