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Wikipedia includes a picture of all three:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/IMac_G4_...

The 20" definitely looks the least balanced (aesthetically).

Knowing how heavy those bases are makes it look less imbalanced.

The eMac was also another good one along the same lines as the original iMac. At that point in time, the polycarbonate unibody was getting phased out and LCD displays were already getting cheaper to mass produce. It’s probably one of the last cathode ray tube Macs in existence.

Yup, I had an eMac I got my hands on. It was a truly great machine and that was probably one of the best CRTs ever made. It was Apple’s last CRT product as well.

I loved our eMac. Big screen, clearer picture than any iMac, and that gorgeous white plastic aesthetic that reminded one of an iBook — except chunky.

Only trouble was the fans were ridiculously loud.

I have an 2nd gen eMac sitting next to me. Just installed 10.5.8 yesterday. It was my main machine in the early 2000s.

Firewire connectivity for external hdds was magical. The screen is still nice. However the fan noise is and was always terrible. With some mods it became bearable.

It didn't work that well, after a while they started to droop and were a nightmare to fix.