Article: APPLE'S NO. 1-SELLING IMAC LAUNCHES TECH DESIGN TREND.(Business)

The iMac is not merely a popular computer that single-handedly helped pull Apple Computer Inc. back from the brink. It's the new fashion trend in technology.

Inspired by the desktop machine's recent climb to No. 1 in retail sales, computer designers are rolling out a new breed of products wrapped in similar translucent casing through which inner circuitry is faintly visible.

They range from computer mice to joysticks that seem like tools from an alien space ship. And veteran industry watchers expect Apple to sell other computers, including a laptop due out next spring, that take cues from the iMac's design.

Even chipmaker Intel Corp., which ...

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