This is the best summary I could come up with:

The design has evolved from bulbous cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitor all-in-ones to versions that look like contemporary table lamps — and eventually toward the slim aluminum plaques on stands that adorn doctor offices everywhere today.

And Mac sales are slumping thanks to less overall demand for computers after technology purchases peaked during the covid pandemic, accompanied by increased costs and shortages of components.

In 1997, Steve Jobs returned to Apple, reclaimed his position as CEO (interim at the time), and clicked with the company’s design lead, Jony Ive (you may have heard of him).

Ranging from late 2009 though 2011, they included larger screens at higher resolutions, faster Intel Core i5 and i7 processor options, more RAM, more connectivity, more configurations, and were more upgradable than ever before.

Technically, the slimmer and lighter weight aluminum iMacs were an improvement over their predecessors since they had better processors, faster 1600MHz DDR3 RAM, gained an extra Thunderbolt port, and introduced a hybrid HDD and SSD “Fusion Drive” option for cost-effective high-speed storage.

So it took the preexisting iMac slim aluminum design, added some more airflow, stuck in workstation-level ECC RAM and Intel Xeon chips, and gave it a very pro space gray paint job.

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