49G/49g+ interesting?

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(10-24-2019 03:23 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  I think what makes the 49g so often criticized is this was the first machine to leave behind the clean, stoic, professional design style used on the classics through the 48 series, and lean towards the more stylish and colorful schemes favored by other manufacturers, especially for education-market focused products. Arguably (and it will...) this was too far for some, and simultaneously not far enough for others.

Did the 49G come out around the time of the first iMac? Many products adopted a translucent blue color scheme after iMac hit the streets.