The iMac G4 is an all-in-one personal computer produced by Apple Computer from January 2002 to August 2004. It comprises a hemispheric base that holds the computer components and a flatscreen liquid-crystal display (LCD) mounted above. The iMac G3, first released in 1998, helped save Apple from bankruptcy. Development of the iMac G4 took roughly two years, with Apple's designers exploring multiple ways of marrying the display screen with the computer components. Its shape was inspired by a sunflower, with the display connected to the base via an adjustable stainless-steel arm that allows the monitor to be freely tilted and swiveled. The product was a critical and commercial success for Apple, selling more than 1.3 million units in its first year, and it was updated with faster components and larger displays before being replaced by the iMac G5 in September 2004. The machine is held in the collections of multiple museums, including the Museum of Modern Art and Museums Victoria.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1605:

After a scuffle in which one cardinal received broken bones, a papal conclave convened in Rome elected Camillo Borghese as Pope Paul V. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1605_papal_conclave

1929:

The first Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Academy_Awards

1975:

Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junko_Tabei

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

wand of peace: (Scotland, law, historical) A wand or staff with a silver tip which was given to an outlaw as a sign that they were restored to the king's or queen's peace; and also carried by a messenger of the monarch as a symbol of office, to be broken in protest in cases of deforcement (“resistance to the execution of the law”). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wand_of_peace

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

We hold no arbitrary authority over anything, whether lawfully acquired or seized by usurpation. The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare and to liberty. But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.   --William H. Seward https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_H._Seward