Hacker News Reader

Aesthetics is also for the environment of the object rather than the primary user. That’s the reason the logo is on the back

One more vote for aesthetics here. I put a lot of effort into making my home beautiful. iMacs respect/complement that effort for me.

Many of these are customer service desks which are visible from the side.

iMac has always been a device to be seen with, if not for the user then for the manufacturer.