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		tiahura on Feb 27, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iMac G4(K) Why was the Mac's keyboard so chubby?

amatecha on Feb 27, 2025 [–]

The one depicted in the first photo is from ~1984, which might explain the relative chonkiness of it (all computer hardware back then was pretty thicc). Unless you mean some newer model that isn't shown in the post?

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