Power Mac G4 Cube
From Mac Guides
Apple's ill-fated Cube was introduced on July 19th, 2000 and was billed by Apple as the world's smallest supercomputer. Indeed, the Cube measured a mere 7.7" square and a bit under 10" tall yet featured the same G4 processor that was available in larger G4 towers. However, the high cost (450 Mhz cost US$1,799 and 500 Mhz cost US$2,299), limited expandability, and the lack of a monitor outweighed the "cool" factor for many buyers, and Apple discontinued the Cube in July 2001 after having sold only 150,000 units.
Due to its short lifespan, the Cube has become a collector's item of Mac enthusiasts.
Design
- Convection-cooled (fanless)
Technical Specifications
- 450 or 500Mhz G4 processor with Altivec, 2 MB L2 Cache
- Shipped with OS 9.0.4; OS 10 compatible
- 100 Mhz bus speed
- 64 MB PC-100 RAM standard, upgradable to 1.5 GB
- ATI Rage 128 Pro w/ 16 MB VRAM in AGP 2x slot (upgradeable)
- 5x Slot-loading DVD-ROM drive
- 10/100Base-T ethernet
- 2 USB 1.1 ports
- 2 Firewire 400 ports
- No PCI slots
Sources
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PowerMac (Pre-G3) | Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh | Power Mac G3 (Beige) | Power Mac G3 (Blue and White) | Power Mac G4 | Cube | Power Mac G5 | Power Mac G5 Dual Core | eMac | iMac G3 | iMac G4 | iMac G5 | Mac mini (PPC) | PowerBook 603 | PowerBook G3 | PowerBook G4 (Titanium) | PowerBook G4 (Aluminum) | iBook G3 | iBook G4 | |
