misecia Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Have seen a G4 Cube for sale locally and was wondering if it was worth buying, seeing as I have a small apartment and not much room - hence no G5 for me :( Also what flat panel monitor should i get to go with it...? Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph B Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Mmm, get it...well do you know it's specs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misecia Posted January 2, 2004 Author Share Posted January 2, 2004 G4. 800 Mhz, Ram 256, HD 60, OS 9 and OSX 10.2, DVD / Combi, plus apple Keyboard and mouse, no monitor. The thing is tho, how upgradable is it... can i add up to a gig of memory and a new video card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph B Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Oh hell ya, get that man. Thats pretty good for a Mac. Might wanna upgrade it but ya, price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misecia Posted January 2, 2004 Author Share Posted January 2, 2004 as for price, about ?800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph B Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 ... for ?800 you could get a kick ass pc from newegg.com ... but ya for a G4 cube, thats an awesome price because mac is expensive ... anyways price wise you could get a much better PC, but since mac ios so expensive these days i'd say get it. Go for it! :pp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Dude, get the Cube, i have a Cube (see Sig) and have upgraded everything but the CPU ... If you have any questions, besides myself, there are a couple more cube owners here, too! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethrd Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Go for it man. I'd do it, but since I'm in the USA, and I have no idea how much that conversion is, it would be a little hard for me to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 That's a pretty good price. Around $1300 USD for those improvements is good. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 That sounds pretty good... looks like the Cube's processor has already been upgraded. You can put up to 1.5GB of RAM in there (3 slots) and the video card is kinda iffy because of size constraints. A GeForce 3Ti would work, but the Mac version is kinda expensive (NeYo and I both know that) As for a monitor, I'd logically go for a Apple Studio Display... take your pick since it has ADC. And to who asked about ?'s to $'s, it would be a bit over $1425. Pricey? Yes... Worth it? Damn right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethrd Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 $1425 is pricey for a G4 cube? I was expecting closer to $2000. I would pick that up in a flash if it was me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Well, considering it's been upgraded, not that pricey, but if it was stock, yes it would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Why spend money on that old machine when you could get a nice qbic or shuttle PC (if you really must get something small) for gaming and loads of other stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedkitten Veteran Posted January 3, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 3, 2004 hell you get stock ones for that much on ebay, get it! if you want, and have balls of teflon, you can get a dremel tool and make a notch in the cube plate and then you can stick a radeon 9800 in there if you want luckily for me my fiance has balls of teflon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethrd Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Why spend money on that old machine when you could get a nice qbic or shuttle PC (if you really must get something small) for gaming and loads of other stuff? You do realize this is the Mac forum, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isus Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 there is a forum filled with icube owners if you really need some help... i think the addy is www.cubeowner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss1 Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 hell you get stock ones for that much on ebay, get it!if you want, and have balls of teflon, you can get a dremel tool and make a notch in the cube plate and then you can stick a radeon 9800 in there if you want luckily for me my fiance has balls of teflon. Doesn't ruin the illusion of the Cube's silent operation? Then again I guess one fan can't hurt I assume! :) As regards to the orginal poster, if I was in your shoes I'd buy straight away! Hell even though I already own a G5, I'd be more than happy to pick up a Cube as well! ss1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 just out of curiosity, why did Apple kill the 'Cube' line? I thought it was quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 The cube cost a lot (almost as much as dual processor powermacs) The cube wasn't upgradeable (compared to the powermacs) As a result the cube didn't sell well. Poor sales = terminated product (see: apple newton and stylewriter). I would buy a cube (new, not used) today if they were available. I'd even pay a similarly inflated price just for the 'cool factor' of the darn thing. Unfortunatly I'm a minority within a minority of mac users. Unless the computer you use ever becomes as important a status symbol as the watch you have or the clothes you wear I don't think the cube can survive as a regular apple product because most people - even ones that use macs - aren't willing to pay that much of a premium just for style. At the end of the day all the cube offered over the powermac was style. Yes, the size matters - but that clearly wasn't an issue for the majority of Apple customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misecia Posted January 3, 2004 Author Share Posted January 3, 2004 Why spend money on that old machine when you could get a nice qbic or shuttle PC (if you really must get something small) for gaming and loads of other stuff? mainly because I don't want to get another PC :p As for the Cube, I'm picking it up tomorrow :D Then I'll probably get a 17" Cinema Display for it too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 At the end of the day all the cube offered over the powermac was style. Yes, the size matters - but that clearly wasn't an issue for the majority of Apple customers. And silence. ;) Even though I have a PowerBook and a G5, I still have my Cube for anything I need to do on OS 9 that Classic can't do (and I do find stuff like that). I also use it as a small server for backup purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 You do realize this is the Mac forum, correct? Yes and I've got an iMac lol. I'm just saying spending money on an old machine like that doesn't seem like a wise purchase to me unless you've got money to throw around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Not everyone needs or wants the latest-and-greatest model. Some people are quite content with an older model if it does the job, and especially if it has some features that newer models don't have. Take my Pismo PowerBook for instance. I prefer it's style, the fact that it is very easy to replace parts in, the fact that it has two firewire ports, and if need be, I can upgrade it to 1GB of RAM and a 900Mhz processor. It may never be able to play the latest games (no big deal to me), but there is nothing stopping me from bringing it up to nearly the level of a current machine. It's fast enough to run the apps I use on a daily basis, and I bought it for less than $500. To me, it was a much better deal than spending more than twice as much for an entry level iBook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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