Do you think my Cube is still a relatively good machine?

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I have a G4 Cube 450

Radeon 32 Mb graphics card

192 Mb ram

DVD

20 gig hd

OS X and OS 9



I need it to last me until college. Do you think it will gt the job done for 2.5 more years? Aesthetically it will still be tops in 5 years.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 11
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    I don't see why it wouldn't be fine for 2.5 years. It's a great machine. I'd take a Cube over my 500MHz iBook.
  • Reply 2 of 11
    rokrok Posts: 3,519member
    the cube is still a great machine, and the only thing that held me back from trading in my imac as a down payment for the cube was it's shortened video slot (in order to fit in the 8" cube), which meant that vendors would have to make a special short-card to fit in there -- plus, apple flat-out said they wouldn't support upgrading the video... and i just didn't get any warm-fuzzies from either ati or nvidia about supporting the cube long-term. but the 16mb ati rage pro is two years old in last-generation's g4 towers, and it does everything i need it to at work, plus decent games... so yeah, it should be fine, i would think.



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  • Reply 2 of 11
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Funny, I would take the iBook over my Cube. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
  • Reply 4 of 11
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    Three years from now the cube's case can be used as a fancy tissue box



    just kidding



    You may think about adding some RAM. 192MB is still kind of at the low side....
  • Reply 5 of 11
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Good idea Leonis, I think I need to add some ram. I want about 512 total.
  • Reply 6 of 11
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    No, it sucks. Mail it to me for burial.
  • Reply 7 of 11
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    LOL, groverat!
  • Reply 8 of 11
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Macintosh:

    <strong>Funny, I would take the iBook over my Cube. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Really? I'd much rather have the G4 processor than the G3 in the iBook.
  • Reply 9 of 11
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    The iBook 600 would be nearly as fast as my Cube in even altivec enhanced apps, wouldnt it?



    I like portability more than desktops becasue high school can be an unorganized place.
  • Reply 10 of 11
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Macintosh:

    <strong>The iBook 600 would be nearly as fast as my Cube in even altivec enhanced apps, wouldnt it?



    I like portability more than desktops becasue high school can be an unorganized place. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yeah, you're right, but I'm stuck with the 500MHz one so I'm not lucky.
  • Reply 11 of 11
    doctorgonzodoctorgonzo Posts: 529member
    The Cube will last just fine. As long as 3D games aren't your thing.
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