Why did they kill the cube?

[rdowns]

Cubes are still going for over a $1000 on Ebay.

Goes to show you how stupid many buyers are. Powermax has dozens available for between $500-$800 depending on configuration.

 

[Dr. Dastardly]

Goes to show you how stupid many buyers are. Powermax has dozens available for between $500-$800 depending on configuration.

I never thought Ebay had the best deals. Its more of one stop shopping for everything under the sun. And when you do actually find a good deal on something, you get reamed on the shipping charges.

 

[tjwett]

i'd be willing to be that the next iMac will not have any wires at all, aside from power and audio probably. i think it would be obvious for them to have bluetooth built in and ship with the wireless mouse and keyboard.

 

[IJ Reilly]

I mentioned the geforce 3 and you can get a NEW one from www.welovemacs.com for $300 they sell allot of cards that fit in the cube

your quote suggested that you think only three cards fit which as you know is not true quite a few cards that size are made aka low profile cards like the geforce 3, the geforce 2 twinview and the 7500.

my point stands you wording is flawed (nitpicky i know but true) what it should of read was that there were no retail cards produced that are warrented to work in the cube but there are many oem and modifyed cards that do

I've said it at least three times now: only three cards were made to fit in the Cube. Some others do fit, with modifications. How much clearer do I need to make this, or to repeat it? Please!

That's the best price I've seen on the GeForce 3. I've been watching them on eBay for probably a year now, and hardly ever seen them go for under $500.00.

 

[g4cubed]

Goes to show you how stupid many buyers are. Powermax has dozens available for between $500-$800 depending on configuration.

That depends on what was in it, upgrade speaking.

I mentioned the geforce 3 and you can get a NEW one from www.welovemacs.com for $300 they sell allot of cards that fit in the cube

your quote suggested that you think only three cards fit which as you know is not true quite a few cards that size are made aka low profile cards like the geforce 3, the geforce 2 twinview and the 7500.

my point stands you wording is flawed (nitpicky i know but true) what it should of read was that there were no retail cards produced that are warrented to work in the cube but there are many oem and modifyed cards that do

I checked and didn't find any. Where did you see it again because I would be interested in picking one up.

I presently own 2. I bought a 450MHz when it first came out. Mint condition and still have the box. I picked another on ebay for $400.00, which I'm presently starting to mod. It was a bitchin' design but a bit over priced.

 

[Mord]

http://www.welovemacs.com/18.html

theres the geforce 3

and there are a few more options

http://www.welovemacs.com/applevideo.html

IJ Reilly i know thats what you ment but what you said was that there were only three produced of that hight which is incorrect your point on them not being warrented is correct and a face plate cut is very easy so putting a 7500 is is no hard task.

 

[g4cubed]

Thanks Hector.

 

[IJ Reilly]

IJ Reilly i know thats what you ment but what you said was that there were only three produced of that hight which is incorrect your point on them not being warrented is correct and a face plate cut is very easy so putting a 7500 is is no hard task.

A simple misunderstanding I suppose. I'm certainly aware that a number of other cards will fit, with modifications (some easy, many non-trivial). The point I was trying to make is that nobody is selling (or has sold) an out-of-the-box "Cube compatible" video card other than the three, original OEM boards from Apple. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that some cards were found to be unrealistic options for Cube because they're too long.