But during the 2001 MacWorld Tokyo presentation, the iMac got, arguably, its trippiest upgrade ever when Jobs debuted the "Flower Power" iMac. The device was essentially a G3 build donned in a ...

However, that all changed when Steve Jobs returned to the Apple fold in 1997 and introduced the iMac G3 just a year later. Even by the standards of late-1990s design, the iMac G3 was a bold statement.

Steve Jobs tasked Jony Ive with designing a new computer to save Apple. Apple was struggling financially in 1997 and needed a hit product to regain profitability. The colorful iMac's design helped ...