Re: Another reason to buy Wintel.

George Graves wrote: 
In article <C1T4f.9$KH.5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 TheLetterK <theletterk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Sandman wrote:

In article <1129572220.949850.108540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Edwin" <thorne25@xxxxxxxx> wrote:



http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/10/17/robson/index.php

OTOH, Apple embraced it, so no biggie.
Just a reminder to one of the hard-headed bozos of this ng, immoutahere,
who thinks nothing good ever comes out of Wintel land.

Nicolas 

In your less than one-cell brain, you do remember that Macs are moving
to Intel next year, perhaps about the time this gets well-implemented.


You seem to have missed the point, as usual, Jim.

The innovation and leadership of the computer market is with Wintel,
not Apple.


Haha, that's so funny because it's so absurd!

How's that floppy drive going, Edwin? :) 

Hey Loopy, what type computer is this going to appear in first, a PC or
a Mac?   Who invented it, Apple or Intel?


Better connect your printer to that parallel bus, Edwin! Quick! And remember to plug that PS/2 mouse and keyboard in *before* you boot your PC, or they won't be recognized!

Who uses PS/2 devices these days?


I'd say most Windows PC users still use PS/2 mice and keyboards as Windows support for USB is still not complete, apparently. Windows machines still won't see a USB mouse/keyboard if they are plugged-in after the machine boots,
Most Windows users are using USB peripherals these days. It's why KB/mouse manufacturers usually ship devices with USB cables, and a USB-to-PS/2 adapter for the systems with no USB support.

And yes, you can plug in USB peripherals after boot, and have them detected. I do it all the time.

and if you are using two machines and sharing a USB Keyboard, USB Mouse, and a monitor between the two via a KVM switch, and if you switch away from a Windows machines and it goes to sleep while you are switched to the other machine, when you switch back to the Windows box, you'll never get it wake up because it will never see the USB mouse/Keyboard again. You have to reboot to get it working or keep a PS/2 mouse connected to the PC at all times.
Most modern PC mobos have PS/2 emulation for USB peripherals, or simply have BIOSs that provide native USB support. I know my Chaintech VNF4-Ultra does.
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