Apples are as organic as the name implies. Devices that plug into the main machine often have additional connector ports, which in turn serve to connect other devices. A camera plugs into a keyboard that is home to a mouse, and the keyboard connects to the G4 tower. Rather than the monolithic PC tower, where adding a peripheral requires turning off the system, removing panels, and socketing new cards, the Apple peripherals and systems sprout and sprawl like living things across and through the desktop. The iPod, covered in its semitransparent plastic cover, slurps electricity from a cable connected to an external hard drive, itself connected to the G4.