On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 07:30 PM, A.Tuazon wrote: > I don't have any docs from Apple regarding support for USB 2.0 and OS > X, but > I do have a Firewire/USB 2.0 PCI card (model: I/O Flex-7002) which > states on > the retail box that USB 2.0 is only supported in OS X or higher. > Could a > company make this claim without any confirmation from Apple? >
Yes, I've seen this before. I can find no mention of USB 2.0 in Apple's Support site, Apple's Developer site, or Mac help on my system. And actually, they may be correct in stating that USB 2 can only work in Mac OSX or greater (while looking I came across an old Mac Central article talking to someone from Orange Micro, iirc, saying they could write a sdriver for OSX for their USB 2.0 card, but they'd need Apple to do something to enable it in OS 9) but that doesn't mean that OSX 10.2 includes USB 2.0 drivers. Moreover, *had* they included USB 2.0 support in OSX, it would have been an utter no-brainer for Apple to include USB 2.0 in their new Macs...it would have meant changing one or two chips on the motherboard, likely a simple one-for-one swap of USB chipsets. > Maybe Apple didn't bother with making the USB 2.0 announcement because > it > didn't see it as anything major or even minor (what with Firewire 800 > coming > out). It is a major standard. Yes, they would have mentioned it *somewhere*. They mention Bluetooth, and at the time no Macs came with Bluetooth. -- "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
