G4 Cube - Buy or Leave...?


Recommended Posts

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

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

... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.