Comments on: The G4 Cube: “Holy Shit, Steve’s done it again!”

By: imajoebob

imajoebob — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:33:04 +0000

I thought they started with G4s and upgraded. But then, it’s actually VaTech, so what do I know?

By: darrell

darrell — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:42:38 +0000

does apple still make videos like these? the last one i think i saw was for the introduction of the PowerMac G5… now all we get are those apple geniuses touting their iPhone multi-touch capabilities with their black turtlenecks.

By: Hrryank

Hrryank — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:09:29 +0000

Actually, the U of WV supercomputer, Big Mac, was made of G5s, not G4s.

By: ty

ty — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:03:58 +0000

Construction flaws aside, this is the last great design effort Apple put out. Everything since then has been sterile and, quite frankly, plain in my mind. The Cube will always be one of the great gadget designs ever.

By: imajoebob

imajoebob — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:35:15 +0000

Technically, according to US Commerce Department rules, any G4 qualified as a “Supercomputer,” and was banned from export to certain countries (including China, ironically). This was true as late as 2003, when I bought a PowerBook G4. I think the formulation has been changed, but back in 2000, the G4 was a monster. And if you recall, the University of West Virginia created the 2nd (3rd?) fastest computer in the world in 2003/04 by clustering a bunch of G4 Macs.

Wouldn’t it be cool if today’s (2/27) big Apple announcement was the resurrection of the Cube? In aluminum this time. I don’t see it repacing yhe PowerMac – lacks expansion and customization – but it might actually make the mini a successful platform.

By: Mat

Mat — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:32:38 +0000

I still own a cube. I dropped about Â£2k on it when it came out, and everyone I showed it to couldn’t believe that it was a computer.

My brother and I used to run Photoshop and Final Cut on it, and it took about 2 days to render anything!

Its still going strong though. I recently upgraded to a much faster HDD and put the full 1.5gb of PC100 RAM in it! Its now at my parents house though, they used it just as a web browser, photo and email machine and personally, I dont think its all that slow!

Probably my favourite Apple design ever.