Editing IMac G4 (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Timeline of the product Apple iMac.svg|thumb|upright=1.4|Comparison of iMac models]]
Apple sold 1.3&nbsp;million iMacs in 2002, making it their top-selling product for the year.<ref name="wired_2003-01-16">{{cite magazine|last=Kahney|first=Leander|authorlink=Leander Kahney|date=January 16, 2003|url=https://www.wired.com/2003/01/the-end-of-the-imac-not-likely/|title=The End of the iMac? Not Likely|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date=June 25, 2024|archive-date=June 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625171647/https://www.wired.com/2003/01/the-end-of-the-imac-not-likely/|url-status=live}}</ref> iMac and eMac models sales during the iMac G4's lifespan totaled roughly 3.1&nbsp;million units.{{efn|Apple grouped all iMac (and later, iMac and eMac) sales together in a single iMac category on quarterly financial reports. Sales figures for the category were 372K Q2'02 (the first fiscal quarter the iMac G4 was sold,) 378K Q3'02, 318K Q4'02, 298K Q1'03, 256K Q2'03, 287K Q3'03, 253K Q4'03, 227K Q1'04, 217K Q2'04, 243K Q3'04, and 229K Q4'04.<ref>Cited to:
*{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/q202data_sum.pdf|title=Apple Computer, Inc. Q2'02 Summary Data|date=April 17, 2002|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|access-date=February 3, 2025}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/q402data_sum.pdf|title=Apple Computer, Inc. Q4'02 Summary Data|date=October 16, 2002|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|access-date=February 3, 2025}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/q203data_sum.pdf|title=Apple Computer, Inc. Q2'03 Summary Data|date=April 16, 2003|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|access-date=February 3, 2025}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/q403data_sum.pdf|title=Apple Computer, Inc. Q4'03 Summary Data|date=October 15, 2003|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|access-date=February 3, 2025}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/q204data_sum.pdf|title=Apple Computer, Inc. Q2'04 Unaudited Summary Data|date=July 14, 2004|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|access-date=February 3, 2025}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/q404data_sum2.pdf|title=Apple Computer, Inc. Q404 Unaudited Summary Data|date=October 13, 2004|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|access-date=February 3, 2025}}</ref>}} The iMac G4 helped rehabilitate Apple's public image after the failure of the G4 Cube,{{sfnp|Kahney|2013|p=191}} and proved that Apple's success with the iMac G3 was not a fluke.<ref name="macworld_2012-07-18">{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Benj|date=July 18, 2012|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/218460/the-exceptional-imac-g4-ten-years-later.html|title=The Exceptional iMac G4: Ten Years Later|website=[[Macworld]]|access-date=June 26, 2024|archive-date=September 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929095417/https://www.macworld.com/article/218460/the-exceptional-imac-g4-ten-years-later.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Macworld_2022-01-07">{{cite web|last=Loyola|first=Roman|date=January 7, 2022|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/563365/imac-g4-design-memory-ergonomics.html|title=Why iMac G4 Is Still the Greatest Mac Ever Made 20 Years Later|website=[[Macworld]]|access-date=June 25, 2024|archive-date=March 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331165440/https://www.macworld.com/article/563365/imac-g4-design-memory-ergonomics.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Apple enthusiasts have called it one of the best computers Apple has made.<ref name="imore_2018-02-28"/><ref name="Macworld_2022-01-07"/><ref name="sixcolors_2020-10-26">{{cite web|last=Snell|first=Jason|authorlink=Jason Snell (writer)|date=October 26, 2020|url=https://sixcolors.com/post/2020/10/20-macs-for-2020-9-imac-g4/|title=20 Macs for 2020: #9 – iMac G4|website=Six Colors|access-date=June 21, 2024|archive-date=June 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630145018/https://sixcolors.com/post/2020/10/20-macs-for-2020-9-imac-g4/|url-status=live}}</ref> The design won a gold [[International Design Excellence Award]] in 2002, and Apple won more awards that year than any other company.<ref name="washpost_2002-06-29">{{cite news|last=Hales|first= Linda|date=June 29, 2002|title=At Awards, The I's Have It; The iMac and Three Other Apple Concepts Take Gold for Industrial Design|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|page=C2}}</ref> Ive won the Designer of the Year award from the [[Design Museum]] in 2003 for his work on the iMac and other products.<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Karyn|date=February 16, 2003|title=Design of the Times; The Design Museum's Prestigious New Award Celebrates Britain's Hottest Talent|work=[[The Mail on Sunday]]|page=42}}</ref> iMac G4 models are held in the permanent collections of museums such as the [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[HomeComputerMuseum]], [[Museums Victoria]], and [[Science Museum Group]].<ref>Cited to:
* ''MoMA'': {{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/88065?classifications=any&date_begin=Pre-1850&date_end=2024&q=imac&utf8=%E2%9C%93&with_images=1|title=Jonathan Ive, Apple Industrial Design Group; iMac G4 Desktop Computer c. 2001|publisher=[[Museum of Modern Art]]|access-date=June 26, 2024|archive-date=June 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626170344/https://www.moma.org/collection/works/88065?classifications=any&date_begin=Pre-1850&date_end=2024&q=imac&utf8=%E2%9C%93&with_images=1|url-status=live}}
* ''HomeComputerMuseum'': {{cite web|url=https://www.homecomputermuseum.nl/en/collectie/apple/apple-imac/|title=Collection: Apple iMac G4|publisher=[[HomeComputerMuseum]]|access-date=June 26, 2024|archive-date=February 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208235215/https://www.homecomputermuseum.nl/en/collectie/apple/apple-imac/|url-status=live}}
* ''Museums Victoria'': {{cite web|url=https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1484690|title=Item HT 23813; Personal Computer – Apple, iMac G4, Sunflower, 2002|publisher=[[Museums Victoria]]|access-date=June 26, 2024|archive-date=June 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630145020/https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1484690|url-status=live}}
* ''Science Museum Group'': {{cite web|url=https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8361867/imac-g4-computer-with-keyboard-computer|title=iMac G4 computer with keyboard|publisher=[[Science Museum Group]]|access-date=June 26, 2024|archive-date=June 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626170341/https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8361867/imac-g4-computer-with-keyboard-computer|url-status=live}}</ref>

While Jobs had declared the iMac G4 would reshape the look of computers for the next decade, the iMac's ergonomic design language would not last three years. The balance of the machine was challenged by larger displays, and the G4 processor's successor, the G5, ran much hotter and needed more cooling. ''Macworld'' called the successor [[iMac G5]] "conservative" compared to the G3 and G4 models, as it gave up the exuberant colors and sunflower design of previous iMacs in favor of placing the computer internals behind the display{{sfnp|Norr|2004|p=22}}—the same approach Jobs had previously eschewed as inelegant. This design proved to be the template future iMac models would use.<ref name="sixcolors_2020-10-26"/><ref name="verge_2023-08-15"/> The iMac G4 has been adapted by hobbyists to use newer components, such as Apple's latest [[Apple silicon|custom chips]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Davis|first=Wes|date=May 4, 2024|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/4/24148757/the-best-imac-g4-now-with-m2|title=The Best iMac, Now with M2|website=[[The Verge]]|access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=White|first=Monica|date=March 10, 2022|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-2002-imac-g4-rebuilt-with-m1-chip/|title=Apple's 2002 iMac G4 Comes Back from the Dead with M1 Chip|website=[[Digital Trends]]|access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref>