Apple would be better served by releasing a lower end ($1299-1499) tower than re-releasing the Cube. Dont get me wrong, I love the design of the Cube, and would like one. However, Apple would save R&D cost, and cover that "Missing Link" market between the tower and the iMac with a slower processer and lower cost in the tower. This is especially true with the new LCD iMac.
Funny, weren't people in here complaining over and over when the G4s still had 3 PCI slots only?
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I think that a lot of the those complaining were only doing so because it was a perceived shortfall of the design of the computer. "Only 3 PCI slots instead of 6!?! How am I gonna explain that to my wintel friends?" Sure some people use them, but I am still tyring to discover what I need the 3 PCI slots that I have now for. The only thing I can come up with, new sound card (if there was a good aftermarket brand that worked), second display adapter (If I had room on my desk for a second display, or the need for one), SCSI card (If I had SCSI devices or wished to pay a lot of money for one), ATA IDE Upgrade or expansion (This is the most likely as I still have room inthe case for more drives even with the 3 HDD already there. I pulled the ZIP which got 0 use and replaced it with a 100GB WD drive which is much more useful). And last of all, a second ethernet card so i can setup my machine as a firewall/router for the rest of my home network. I am going to do this one, but not soon. So I have found a use for maybe 2 of the slots, and only one of the uses is actually something I will likely do. The Ethernet card.
What would you use them for? 3 is hard to fill for me...
I am just now going to fill my 3rd and final PCI slot in my beige G3. It took a while, but I realised that, me anyways, the slots become alot more important as the computer gets older.
Thanks to PCI, I have a USB/FW card, Radeon, and soon an ATA/100. The processor has been upgraded and the machine is running smoothly.
The story is the same for the Macs at my job. We only have 1 that used PCI cards for anything but life expansion.
For me, 3 slots seems fine. Lately I have done my expnsion thru FW or USB anyways.
The thing you are neglecting is that most PC users need the extra PCI slots. They need one for a sound card and one for a network adapter. They'd also need one if they were going to have any firewire ports (barring them getting the Audigy which is a sound card w/ firewire built in). So, there are three cards used up right there. Some motherboards have sound and such built in, but I haven't seen many people make use of that. Most PC motherboard also only have 5-6 PCI slots max. So, why are people complaining about 1-2 less PCI slots? Their absence is justifiable due to the amount of built-in hardware on the motherboard.
<strong>Slightly off topic.....was that a Cube I saw on the Real World last night? Didn't catch the whole thing but I sware the 2 seconds that I flipped by it someone was using a cube.
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BRING BACK THE CUBE'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW!
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Is that true?
Funny, weren't people in here complaining over and over when the G4s still had 3 PCI slots only?
Bye,
RazzFazz</strong><hr></blockquote>
I think that a lot of the those complaining were only doing so because it was a perceived shortfall of the design of the computer. "Only 3 PCI slots instead of 6!?! How am I gonna explain that to my wintel friends?" Sure some people use them, but I am still tyring to discover what I need the 3 PCI slots that I have now for. The only thing I can come up with, new sound card (if there was a good aftermarket brand that worked), second display adapter (If I had room on my desk for a second display, or the need for one), SCSI card (If I had SCSI devices or wished to pay a lot of money for one), ATA IDE Upgrade or expansion (This is the most likely as I still have room inthe case for more drives even with the 3 HDD already there. I pulled the ZIP which got 0 use and replaced it with a 100GB WD drive which is much more useful). And last of all, a second ethernet card so i can setup my machine as a firewall/router for the rest of my home network. I am going to do this one, but not soon. So I have found a use for maybe 2 of the slots, and only one of the uses is actually something I will likely do. The Ethernet card.
What would you use them for? 3 is hard to fill for me...
Thanks to PCI, I have a USB/FW card, Radeon, and soon an ATA/100. The processor has been upgraded and the machine is running smoothly.
The story is the same for the Macs at my job. We only have 1 that used PCI cards for anything but life expansion.
For me, 3 slots seems fine. Lately I have done my expnsion thru FW or USB anyways.
1.radeon (main display)
2.rage128 (second display)
3.5 port usb, one internal (very usefull, hubs are crap)
4.empty
<strong>Slightly off topic.....was that a Cube I saw on the Real World last night? Didn't catch the whole thing but I sware the 2 seconds that I flipped by it someone was using a cube.
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quite possible. if i remember correctly, they had a cube in one of the earlier seasons (new orleans?). i doubt they would have gotten rid of it.