Not that such lists matter, but see here:
You can argue over whether the design of the G4 or G5 iMac was more influential on the all-in-one desktop market, but the G4 set the stage.
I don’t think there’s any question. It was the Mac, after the original iMac G3, that made people stand up and take notice and what Apple was doing.
Funny, I see this as a design failure in retrospect, or at least a dead end that Apple did not pursue. I think the current iMac-in-a-monitor design is the ultimate desktop computer design: no awkward separate box, slab, or semi-globe to deal with or connect (in this case, with an awkward arm). More than this, outside of promotional pictures it’s ugly.
Posted by Chris on January 2nd, 2010.