It was a much simpler time. In 1998, then Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled a radical teardrop-shaped iMac computer (also called the iMac G3) with a hitherto unseen design — a translucent plastic wraparound. It was so unique that no personal computer maker has been able to fully replicate Apple’s translucent designs since. But the iMac set off the trend of attention to design that hasn’t stalled since.