The Cube also used a silent, fanless, convection-based cooling system like the iMacs of the time.Īpple Designer Jonathan Ive won several international awards for the Cube's design. Although the USB amplifier had a standard mini-plug headphone output, it lacked any audio input. Sound was provided by an external USB amplifier and a pair of Harman Kardon speakers. The Cube also featured two FireWire ports, and two USB ports for connecting peripherals. However, there was not enough space for full-length cards. Also unlike the iMacs, it had an upgradeable video card in a standard AGP slot. A separate monitor - with either an ADC or VGA connection- was required for the Cube, in contrast to the all-in-one iMac series. The diminutive 8" x 8" x 8" cube suspended in a 10" tall Acrylic (PMMA) enclosure, housed a PowerPC G4 processor running at 450 or 500 megahertz, and had an unconventional vertical slot loading DVD-ROM or CD-RW drive. Its cube form factor is reminiscent of the NeXTcube from NeXT, acquired by Apple in 1996. Processor = PowerPC G4, 450 - 500 MHzThe Power Mac G4 Cube (or, as Steve Jobs put it, "more affectionately, the G4 Cube") was a compact Macintosh personal computer from Apple Inc.
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