Another G4 Cube???
If any of you go to Apple-History.com and click here,<a href="http://www.apple-history.com/h8.html" target="_blank">read the third paragragh</a>, you'll see it says Apple "suspended production" of the G4 cube(keyword: suspended). Could Apple have plans to re-invent the cube??? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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[QB]The two main flaws are the external power supply and the vertical optical drive.<hr></blockquote>
I could understand about the external power supply, but was the vertical drive really a problem?
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I could understand about the external power supply, but was the vertical drive really a problem?</strong><hr></blockquote>
speed and expense
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I could understand about the external power supply, but was the vertical drive really a problem?</strong><hr></blockquote>
psantora is right and beat me to it. I'll just add what Jobs said about the Superdive not working vertically. Of course it's possible he only said that to get a Ive to build the new iMac like a sunflower.
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psantora is right and beat me to it. I'll just add what Jobs said about the Superdive not working vertically. Of course it's possible he only said that to get a Ive to build the new iMac like a sunflower. </strong><hr></blockquote>
I forgot that Jobs had mentioned that they were slower.
<strong> The two main flaws are the external power supply and the vertical optical drive. </strong><hr></blockquote>
Woa, if the power supply is internal, the Cube wouldn't be
fanless, and if the Cube isn't fanless, then..well, it wouldn't
be the Cube. I see no flaws there at all.
Here's the plan:
Make 2 models of the cube. One with an 867MHz G4 and the other with a 1GHz. 1MB L3 cache. Use a 133MHz system bus using PC133. And add a DVD/CDRW drive and make a DVDRW external drive available at an extra cost to cube buyers.
Make the new towers all G5 or fast Dual G4's. 4 DDR-SDRAM slots and 4 PCI slots.
What was wrong witht the external power supply? I think that's a great idea actually, cuts down on heat, might even be a good idea in a tower.
I miss the cube, he was the coolest looking of mac products ever released, imo.
They'd have to increase the footprint and thus make the whole cube bigger, bad idea.
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"Add 1 PCI slot"<hr></blockquote>
and a standard size graphics card. Out the door Price < $900.
My one question, which I still don't know is," How much does it add to the cost of a motherboard to implement ONE PCI Slot? If it is almost as expensive to implement ONE as it is to implement 3 or 4 or 5, I doubt Apple would do it and the cost remain competative."
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and a standard size graphics card. Out the door Price < $900.
My one question, which I still don't know is," How much does it add to the cost of a motherboard to implement ONE PCI Slot? If it is almost as expensive to implement ONE as it is to implement 3 or 4 or 5, I doubt Apple would do it and the cost remain competative."</strong><hr></blockquote>
I think the price could be higher (I don't want Apple skimping on the specs). I was thinking low end $1300, high end maybe $1700.
A full sized AGP slot would be helpful. Of course these two additions would make the Cube a bit larger but I think it'd make it a lot more attractive to the Prosumer Market that Apple was targeting.
Exactly what's wrong with having the power supply outside? It seems like a great idea to me. Why do some people not like this? I assume there's nothing stopping you from having the power supply on the floor under your desk or something right?
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