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On Sat, 18 Oct 1997 14:31:43 -0700 (PDT), Steve Parker wrote: >On Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Paul Khoury wrote: >> I just hope that they will have drivers for the graphics chipset >> for those of us with other operating systems NOT from Microsoft. > > I would hope so as well. > >> Also, does anybody know if any ThinkPads have the Universal Serial Bus (USB)? >> Is it true that only Windows can use it? What's the purpose besides cameras? > > It is good for scanners, joysticks, digital video cameras [both portable >still cameras and QuickCam style] and plenty of other things. The main >problem with USB is that it is new and doesn't have much market >penetration yet. My Mobo has USB support, but since it didn't come with a >USB cable I am less likely to try USB products. > > A USB port on a notebook would be very useful. A notebooks expansion >options are generally much more limited that a desktop and that one >connector could do many things. Once more than a handful of USB products >ship that is.. =) > And support for Linux and OS/2 come around.