 The Cube, Ten Years and Counting... |
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| CubeOwner |
 Jul 1 2011, 07:12 PM
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 Founder, Editor  Group: *Root* Posts: 6,585 Joined: 7-August 02 Specs: Everyday Cube: PL Dual 1.7GHz 7447A, 1.5GB RAM, 250GB WD HD, FX 5200 with Dual VGA LCD Displays, 8x SuperDrive Member No.: 1 Gender:Female Where From?:Brooklyn, NY First Name: Laurie  |
10 years already? My how time flies.
QUOTE ...the Cube came right near the end of the Think Different campaign, and in some ways, even before the iAge changed the form of computing completely, the Cube was the last word on what Apple Computers was trying to accomplish with the PC itself. http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/30/looking-bac...en-years-later/ QUOTE Ten years ago on Sunday, Apple called it quits on one of its oddest products ever, the G4 Cube. The Cube was a strange and wonderful machine that continues to fascinate today - but it was widely perceived to have failed. Some people thoroughly enjoyed the failure, thinking it served Apple right... Dull people will always cheer a bold experiment that goes wrong... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/30/te...on_g4_cube_rip/ And go check out what Marcelo has done to celebrate the Cube's 10th Anniversary! http://www.cubeowner.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14498 -------------------- Laurie A. Duncan
Founder, Editor, FAQ-checker, CubeOwner.com Chief Mac Geek, MacSamurai Consulting (NYC) Be sure to check OWC's Exclusive CubeOwner Specials Page Remember: purchases through these links to Apple.com |
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| Claustin |
Jul 1 2011, 08:28 PM
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 Cube Guru  Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 24-February 05 Specs: 1.2Ghz, 1.5GB ram, 200GB HD, GeForce 6200 Member No.: 4,334 Gender:Male Where From?:South Dakota First Name: Clint |
I just read the TUAW article before you posted this. Nice to see there's still some life in the little guy! Has me thinking about pulling the old girl outta mothballs and sprucing her up a bit. I miss the little beauty on my desktop. Glad there's still a few people around here. Happy 4th to all my fellow American's!
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| dbculp |
Jul 1 2011, 09:56 PM
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Cube Guru Group: Members Posts: 81 Joined: 15-May 07 Specs: One butt-ugly dead Cube, resuscitated and now running OS X 10.5 Member No.: 7,570 Gender:Male Where From?:Maryland, USA First Name: Dave |
Maybe you've seen this little tribute to the Cube:
XLR8yourmac I sent in a picture of my Cube, it would be pretty neat to load up the XLR8 mailbox with pictures of current Cubes, OEM and modded, that are still up and running! This post has been edited by dbculp: Jul 1 2011, 10:02 PM -------------------- QB now has a Sonnet 1.2 GHz processor, 1.5 GB RAM, Maxtor 120GB/8MB hard drive, Matshita DL-DVR, GeForce 6200 with Zalman VGA cooler and a Zalman case fan, all in a clear PowerLogix case; OS X 10.5.8
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| Cube Over |
Sep 12 2011, 12:18 AM
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 Cube Guru Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: 15-September 02 Specs: GigaDesigns 1.4GHz, Matshita DVD-RAM, Radeon 7500, 1.5G RAM, 500G Seagate Barracuda, Apple Cinema 22'' ADC Member No.: 153 Gender:Male Where From?:Moscow, Russia First Name: Sergey |
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