“In 1998, Steve Jobs bet Apple’s future on a cable,” Michael Simon writes for Macworld. “At a time when the best PCs were still being built with serial and SCSI ports, Apple opted to fit the iMac with a pair of newfangled USB ports, which offered the kind of clutter-free simplicity Apple craved.”
“The only problem? USB wasn’t exactly universal at the time,” Simon writes. “Not only was it struggling to take off with Wintel users, there were exactly zero peripherals for the Mac that utilized USB when the iMac made its debut. Still, Jobs went all-in on a bet that Apple’s Bondi Blue all-in-one was so desirable people would buy it in droves and subsequently force the industry to change.”
“Of course, we all know how that bet paid off,” Simon writes. “The iMac was every bit the success Steve knew it would be, and USB didn’t just change Macs; it became the communication standard in virtually every device we use. And now it looks like Apple is moving toward the adoption of yet another nascent technology that has the potential to transform the landscape just like USB did: Li-Fi.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Think massive speed coupled with added security and simplicity.
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