Vanquish: Apple were not the first to have USB , its a common mistake, and typical FUD they claim to be the first to have 'exclusive' USB in other words, they dropped the serial ports and only offered USB, PC's had it years before iMac appeared, heck the standard was part created by microsoft.
As for everything standard, whos expansion bus is in that mac? what the type of graphics chip in it ? whos memory, whos drive types ? A lot of these were created in the PC or other marketplace.
Firewire is a an apple thing for sure, thats why its so expensive
Never the twain shall meet !
Typed from an apple pro keyboard.