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		everfrustrated on Aug 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why did Borland ignore the Macintosh market? >And going into the 2000s, I knew plenty of people with an iPod, but no Mac. Which took some doing as iPods were all Firewire up until ~2004 when Apple transitioned to USB. Firewire was pretty unusual in the PC ecosystem - usually requiring purchasing a PCI card.

Sakos on Aug 16, 2024 [–]

First gen version also didn't have Windows software. I'm thinking more once they were convenient for PC users to use, I guess 2005 onwards? I don't think I saw any iPods before then.

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