All major operating systems support USB devices.
Both an iOS or Android device supports a USB port, but only Android devices have a slot for a microSD card.
Windows 95 OSR 2.1 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows XP, with service packs applied, supports Hi-speed USB. submitted by F.Wright Jr.
USB ports, unlikely. Mac OS X, no this is impossible as the iPad is not a Macintosh.
Windows 95 OSR 2.1 was the first Microsoft OS to support USB, although Windows 98 offers much improved USB support. Besides Windows 95 with the USB update, and Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP support Original USB, but Windows NT does not. Windows XP with service packs applied, supports Hi-Speed USB.
nokia mobile supports windows OS and the sony erricission ,Motorola supports Linux OS.
yes
A damaged USB port will not corrupt an operating system.
backward compatible
yes
Chome OS isn't out yet. Chromium OS, the open source version, however, is. You can get the USB image from attached link
Most USB portable speakers are compatible with the Mac OS, but you should make sure that the speakers have Mac Drivers, otherwise they will not work properly.
You can take it to an Apple store and have them install it for you.If you haven't bought 10.7 yet you can buy Apples USB Flash Drive 10.7 pre-installed on it already and it should be bootable if your MacBook supports USB booting.If your computer came with a disk with an older OS when brand new then you can boot to that, install the original OS then "Upgrade" to 10.7. Apple does sell the original install disks for older computers for a nominal price..