Stephen Hackett gives a bit of a guided tour through the Mac affectionately known as “The Cube”. I had one of these. Interesting design, innovative use of materials, a sign of the times at Apple.
The Power Mac G4 Cube
Stephen Hackett gives a bit of a guided tour through the Mac affectionately known as “The Cube”. I had one of these. Interesting design, innovative use of materials, a sign of the times at Apple.
I loved that thing and still want one. Disassembled, it reminded me of a device that a movie hero would have to find and disarm near the end of Act 3.
It’s a fantastic Mac. I owned one for a few years.
I still have one on my desk. Still in great shape.
Have an upgraded one collecting dust on a shelf. The precursor to the current trash can design.
I still have mine. Removed the batteries and put it away, in the original box, with the mouse, keyboard, and Harmon Kardon speakers. I used it for many many years. I bought it at CompUSA’s Apple store within a store!
When removed from the case by the handle, which is pretty cool btw, it reminds me of a Borg cube.
I loved and still have mine. It did my first CD rips into iTunes, among other things.
And apparently with the same available market and success. It’s also a design tour de force, but hardly a practical successor to the cheesegrater any more than the Cube could replace the Tower.
I love the Cube and have it and the Studio Display sitting proudly on my desk, along with my fully upgraded late 2011 17″ mbp and l look forward to supplementing my collection with the Tube at some point in the future when it’s cheap enough.
In the mean time, I’m still trying to crunch numbers on a Mac Pro tower that’s late enough to upgrade to most of the latest specs, although it looks like an AkiTio thunderbolt box with a modern graphics card is a contender now combined with the mbp.
I’m so jealous, but cheap. I got mine used, but the clown didn’t have the box or speakers. Why don’t you have it on display? It’s a valid piece of art – even the MOMA thinks so. I do love the Core and the removal or reinsertion, but it reminds me more of 2001 as I’m not familiar with Borg culture.
They’re very affordable on eBay. Make sure it includes the power supply.
(And to preserve the PS, don’t run a large ADC monitor.)
Reminds me that I both have one, and a spare empty core, that I’ve been meaning to shoehorn a micro-ITX PC MB into…
Then you have my envy. I couldn’t justify it at the time. Now I just want to look at one every day.
Don’t think I haven’t been working up a pitch to my smarter half, because I have.
You know, I don’t know why I don’t have it on display. I just wanted to keep it safe I guess. But t now that you mention it, I’ll have to find a place for it. I’ve got my iMac upstairs and two minis that I use for tv watching. There has to be some space worthy.
From one cheap guy to another, originally all I wanted to do was see it, but when I got there I had to have it. I had barely any money at the time either, but I bought it anyway. I’ve never regretted the purchase and I’ve never been as excited to use a computer since. At the time, I really enjoyed demonstrating how to power it up.
Great presentation. Alas, by the time I had the money for the Cube, I was much further along in the Mac line. Would still like to have one, however. My eyes are always peeled for a reasonably priced one. Kind of like the new-at-the-time Ford Thunderbird, a vehicle that never lived up to its potential either, but that was Ford’s marketing problem.