Absolutely correct. iMac proved to Apple employees, their investors, and their faithful, oft-curbstomped users that Apple could still make something really friggin&#x27; cool.<p>iPod changed the course of Apple&#x27;s destiny. There&#x27;s a reason that the company was renamed from Apple Computer, Inc to Apple, Inc., and the first step towards that transition was the iPod, not the iMac.