Bring Back the Cube

[yzedf]

The cube was overpriced and underpowered. If it had not come out during the stagnant for a year early G4 era, it might have done better.

At most it was interesting. At worst it was badly designed (power switch, case cracks, etc).

Apple does need a lower priced headless system, but not like the cube. Shuttle pretty much owns that market now, and even they have issues. Besides, Apple would have to outdo this:

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=56-101-219-01.JPG

Good luck......

 

[Billicus]

I've always liked the cube, and I have a friend who owns a cube to this day. And I have to say that I'm impressed with it. It's a really good design and a really good computer. I sincerely think that Apple should bring back the cube. But will it happen? NO.

 

[Letni]

Apple needs to forget the square shape and concentrate on something a little more intuitive. They need to introduce the Apple G4 Circle, the Apple G5 Rod or the Apple G5 Cardboard Box
These would attract more attention than the old cube design.

But serously.. I like my cube, and with a PL 233 800mhz, its pretty fast, but the big issue with the cube is the cooling. With a 450mhz G4, it ran hot enough. Check out www.cubeowner.com
they have some ideas..

 

[Pete_Hoover]

I've been sayin this for a while, just like everyone else has, that we want a low-end, headless machine. Hopefully apple will one day here us. Until then, I guess we will keep on complaining.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Originally posted by yzedf
The cube was overpriced and underpowered. If it had not come out during the stagnant for a year early G4 era, it might have done better.

At most it was interesting. At worst it was badly designed (power switch, case cracks, etc).

Too expensive clearly -- but not underpowered. The 450/500 mhz G4 was pretty much Apple state-of-the-art back then. As for "badly designed," all I can say is I've had no serious problems with mine, and many other people didn't either. Considering how radical the design was that's no small thing. All of the design issues could have been worked out if Apple had stuck with it.

In fact I bought my Cube off eBay a couple of years ago, right after they were discontinued, because Apple wasn't going to be offering another small form-factor, modular Mac design, and that's what I wanted. Two years later, and they still don't!

I agree with everybody who says that a small form-factor Mac, if not the Cube itself, is what Apple needs to introduce. They could do it easily by putting either the iBook or PowerBook MB in a box and selling it for $500-800. Market it at "switchers" who've already got a PC and a monitor.

 

[MacMaelstrom]

It really doesn't matter to me about the cube. You could sit it on the floor or on the desk, but the way I see it you'd then have to stand up to see where to put the CDs. You could turn it right ways, with the slots in front, but then the cables would stick out the top. It was a bad design. If they'd improve it, i'm sure it'd take off, but until then.... I miss the Apple Studio CRTs.