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Power Mac G4 Cube

Macworld Rating

3.5 out of 5 Mice, Nov 1, 2000

Pros

  • Innovative design
  • Easy to set up and upgrade
  • Very stable
  • Tiny footprint
  • Great speakers and digital display technology

Cons

  • Skimpy RAM
  • Difficult cable management
  • Poorly designed power switch
  • Expensive
  • No PCI slots

$1,799

Macworld's Power Mac G4 Cube Coverage

  • Power Mac G4 Cube
  • The Cube at 10: Why Apple's eye-catching desktop flopped A decade ago, Apple's revolutionary G4 Cube was hitting retail shelves. But the desktop turned out to be too revolutionary -- the Cube failed commercially and Apple wound up killing the product line. With 10 years of perspective under his belt, Benj Edwards of Vintage Computing and Gaming looks at why the Cube never caught on with mainstream users.
  • Apple's Cube was ahead of its time Maybe the Cube was never a commercial success, Benj Edwards writes. But it certainly was a revolutionary desktop that helped pave the way for the Mac mini.
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