Re:iPhone 7
by strictnein on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @03:23PM
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But that was a standard open to all and everyone understood it was the future, even in 1998. Lightning isn't any of that.
Re:iPhone 7
by BurningFrog on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @04:30PM
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Standardized, yes. But it was not at all clear that it would become a dominant force. Far from all standards do.
Many think it was the iMac that made it into the success it has become.
Re:iPhone 7
by compiler-guy on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @03:51PM
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Lightning isn't the future, but some sort of wireless is.
Lightning is just a stop-gap.
http://www.macworld.com/article/1133334/original_imac.html
"Considering all these amenities, the most shocking part of the iMac isn’t what it offers, but what it lacks. The iMac has no floppy drive, which might be forgivable if there were a Zip drive or other removable-media option, but there isn’t.
And most dramatically, this new consumer offering has no SCSI port, no standard serial ports, and no ADB ports. Apple has opted to replace these familiar connections with USB, a high-speed serial architecture that has suffered from slow adoption on the Wintel platform despite its technical advantages (see the sidebar “USB: Ready for Prime Time?”). Currently, no USB devices exist for the Mac."