On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > Microsoft has such pull that USB3 will certainly have a lot of vendor > support even if LightPeak beats it all around. It could be the USB/Firewire > battle all over again?
Why on earth do folks associate Microsoft with hardware standards? Microsoft is a software company. I don't see why they'd be for or against the adoption of hardware unless there were also significant software issues involved. My understanding is that USB is and always has been one of Intel's babies. Microsoft has no skin in that game other than they have to at least not get in the way of supporting USB 3.0. Apple actually has a lot more latitude than Microsoft since they control what is or is not allowed to work in their systems. But I expect you will see USB 3.0 showing up on Mac's simply because they will be using Intel chipsets. And since USB is Intel's, their chipsets *are* going to support USB 3.0. And then sometime after all this we may move yet again to LightPeak ... Have to keep selling that hardware ... :-) -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
