At 12:29 AM -0400 5/31/2010, iJohn wrote:
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.
Microsoft is the gatekeeper. MS controls the primary PC platform
specification. NO interface is added without MS' approval. If the
interface isn't fully supported by Windows, it dies.
My understanding is that USB is and always has been one of Intel's
babies.
Sortof. It was a group effort: Intel, Compaq, Microsoft, NEC, DEC, and IBM.
Microsoft has no skin in that game other than they have to at
least not get in the way of supporting USB 3.0.
What good is a fast interface if the OS cannot keep up with it? See above.
Apple actually has a lot more latitude than Microsoft since they
control what is or is not allowed to work in their systems.
True, to a point. The problem is what happens if Apple throws the
party and noone comes. Look at how few Firewire devices there be.
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.
Perhaps. Apple is loathe to go backwards tho. As they proved over
and over - IDE, USB 1, USB 2, eSATA - they're in no rush to adapt
so-so interfaces. It is more likely that they'll go with something
like Light Peak, and either offer adapters for the old interfaces or
tell us to suck it up and buy new peripherals.
- Dan.
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