Thinking about buying a G4 Cube of Ebay...
Is this a bad idea? I was interested in buying an iMac because it doesn't take up much space but I don't like that fact that you are stuck with the 15" monitor. I like the Cube because it's small, quiet, and I can hook up any monitor that I want. Also it's much cheaper (between $700-800) then a tower or the iMac for that matter. Do you think this is a bad move? Also do any Cube owners have any complaints?
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but add 599 for 15 inch Apple LCd and you are at or easily above the lowend imac which is a lot better than the cube.
iMac is just too damn good as long as you can deal with the screen size
Just my 2 cents.
i have the exact same thing, just add another 512mb of ram and/or up the hdd to at least 40gig
IT RAWKS
Oh is that why it got discontinued so soon? In my opinion, it seemed like a troublesome computer with an array of bugs (power button failure, overheating, etc.) which is probably why a lot of these Cube's are already being put up on eBay(Cube's still are pretty new...despite no longer being in production).
I say, either go for an '02 model G4, even the low-end one probably has double the MHz more or less than the 450 Cube. Or the iMac, but you don't seem too crazy about that.
Let us know what you decide,
--Daniel
[ 02-28-2002: Message edited by: This1Guy ]</p>
<strong>I think that they discontinued them because they weren't as upgradeable as the towers but still very expensive. Of course there where some units with bugs in them. As with every computer there's a chance. For what I want to do (internet related stuff, word processing, photoshop, play games) the Cube has more then enough power. As of now, I'm the high bidder on a different Cube without a monitor that is basically the same as the one above but only has 190 MB of RAM and is running OS 9. If I deck that thing out with RAM and maybe a GeForce 2 MX it will be smokin (not literally ). </strong><hr></blockquote>
190 megs of RAM? I'm always wary when I see a computer from someone who doesn't know anything about them. There's no way it has 190 megs of ram. I'd be skeptical about the other specs as well. Buyer beware.
Later,
Gamrin
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<strong>Is this a bad idea?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Just be careful of things like <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=6&t=000777" target="_blank">this</a>.
J :cool:
<strong>4 ounces in an album package. I wonder how much they could get into a cube enclosure? Who knows, that might be a pretty good deal.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I'll check it out with my dealer
J :cool:
Some prefer the simple shape of a Cube over a sphere attached to an arm attached to a screen.
However, I think in terms of value, the iMac is the better deal.
<strong>torifile...It can have 190 (192 to be exact) MBs of RAM if they put in a 128 MB stick and a 64 MB stick... </strong><hr></blockquote>
Ah, there's the rub. I thought you were being exact. 192 is possible. 190 is not. First thing you do if you get that cube is stick a 512 stick in there.
maybe the 25th aniversery mac (if there is such a thing) will be the designmac for us cubelovers....?