It's been twenty years since Steve Jobs unveiled the first flat panel iMac: the iMac G4. Whether you call it Luxo, iLamp, or Sunflower, it's one of Apple's most distinctive designs ever. He thought it would redefine desktop computing for the next decade. Was he right? Listen and find out.

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Published January 10, 2022

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:31 - Introducing the iMac G4
00:04:21 - Comparing the Competition
00:08:21 - The 20th Anniversary Mac Connection
00:12:00 - The Legacy of the G4 and Future iMacs
00:14:19 - Beauty and Flaws
00:16:29 - Happy Birthday, iMac

-=- Links -=-

• MACWORLD 2002 / Jobs performance / Apple's CEO has the computer-maker setting trends again - SFgate - https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/MACWORLD-2002-Jobs-performance-Apple-s-CEO-2885084.php
• Macworld SF 2002 Keynote: Hip or Hype? - TidBITS - https://tidbits.com/2002/01/07/macworld-expo-sf-2002-keynote-hip-or-hype/
• Macworld SF 2002 Keynote - Steve Jobs Reveals the iMac - https://youtu.be/s0_LZC4C-i8?t=4911
• Connecting the Dots: 2001, A Space Odyssey - Production Designers Collective - https://www.productiondesignerscollective.org/single-post/2016/05/15/connecting-the-dots-2001-a-space-odyssey
• Gateway Profile - https://gcn.com/1999/08/gateway-raises-the-profile-for-all-in-one-desktop-pcs/311717/
• IBM NetVista X40 - Nostalgia Nerd - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG
• Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh - EveryMac - https://everymac.com/systems/apple/20th_mac/specs/20th-anniversary-mac.html
• Robert Brunner - https://ammunitiongroup.com/teams_pt/robert-brunner/
• The Tizio Desk Lamp - MoMA - https://www.moma.org/collection/works/2599
• Jerry Manock and Robert Brunner - CHM Presentation - https://youtu.be/--7Br07QKMk?t=3441
• iMac G5 Reveal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL46PTX6Ps4

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