Over the last 37 years, Apple has shipped 46 different models of standalone display. The first was the Apple Monitor III, a green phosphor CRT built for use with the ill-fated Apple III. 1 image via ...

[bitluni]’s laser-based display pretending to be a an old-school vector CRT. Phosphor-based displays like CRTs rely on the phosphor to emit light for a set amount of time after being activated ...

with its huge chassis dictated by the bulky CRT monitor contained within. The iMac G4, in contrast, came much closer to the slimline vision that has animated much of Apple’s work for decades.