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If I remember at the time peripheral manufacturers had USB devices ready to go for the Win95 launch and Microsoft fucked up and couldn't get USB support ready in time. So Win95 shipped without it and peripheral manufacturers were utterly livid.

The next couple of releases of Windows included totally redesigned USB support.

Once Windows 98 hit though, USB was well supported on the platform. During a brief stint in late 98 through 99 I worked at a consumer electronics chip manufacturer (56K modems and DSL) and we had good support for USB on Windows 98 and Windows NT at that time.

> I don't think its fair to say PC "Followed suit" in using USB.

I didn't say that. I said, specifically, "PC makers followed suit".

Microsoft may have supported USB in their OS, but PC manufacturers lagged.