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Why does Steve need a 32 foot cube?

Blue Velvet said:
To protect him from the barrage of pelted rotten fruit and vegetables when he announces a .1 ghz bump to the PowerBooks as 'one more thing' at his keynote in a few weeks time.
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I bet you a fiver that won't happen.
 
and offering the 24,000-square-foot retail space at well below market rent of $1,000 per square foot.
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That's $24,000,000 rent for an Apple store! :eek: Is that for a year or a month? How, possibly could that shop breakeven?
 
wow, it's true, Steve really does have an unhealthy obsession with Cubes. he's made cube shaped products every time he gets the chance, and now this! there must be some sort of secret to the power of the cube that only he knows! now THAT's a rumormill I want to follow
 
FearFactor47 said:
That's $24,000,000 rent for an Apple store! :eek: Is that for a year or a month? How, possibly could that shop breakeven?
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well it says they're getting it for below market value, so maybe 23 million :rolleyes:
 
Maybe he's going to do a Blaine....

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:D
 
Sorry to be boring but the cube cost $9million:confused:. The lease is 20years. Suppose Ive has a thing for wood and Apple want to replace the cube with a log cabin-esque shop-front in 5years. 15years later they hand back the property to it's owner and have to replace the $9million cube, which by then might not met the building regs. of the day so they can't and have to negotiate a settlement with the building owner, who at that point is beside himself that his beloved cube has been removed and needs at least $18million to settle.

I'd bet Apple are quite wisely leaving themselves the option to change their shop front or leave that option for anyone they sell the lease to at anytime in the next two decades.
 
Plus, as you pointed out the lease is for 20 years. So if the glass cube remains on site, Mr Steve would be the proud owner of a giant glass cube in his 70's.

Of course, by then he will be even more eccentric and running around naked in your own digital biosphere would probably appeal to a 70 year old ex hippie.

I am sure the real reason for the glass cube its to make a really cool greenhouse in his backyard.

mpw said:
Sorry to be boring but the cube cost $9million:confused:. The lease is 20years. Suppose Ive has a thing for wood and Apple want to replace the cube with a log cabin-esque shop-front in 5years. 15years later they hand back the property to it's owner and have to replace the $9million cube, which by then might not met the building regs. of the day so they can't and have to negotiate a settlement with the building owner, who at that point is beside himself that his beloved cube has been removed and needs at least $18million to settle.

I'd bet Apple are quite wisely leaving themselves the option to change their shop front or leave that option for anyone they sell the lease to at anytime in the next two decades.
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Lord Blackadder said:
Just think how kick-arse a 32x32-foot PowerMac Cube with a clear case would be! I bet you could stuff a lot of Yona CPUs in there and one killer video card!!!!111:rolleyes: :eek: :D
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That would be awesome! :) ;)
 
katie ta achoo said:
Ooo, it's like the pope-mobile?
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:p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p i just found out i have to wait 2 weeks at (inside) the county hospital for an operation...this put a long awaited, sorely needed smile on my face. thank you.:)
 
Of course, by then he will be even more eccentric and running around naked in your own digital biosphere would probably appeal to a 70 year old ex hippie.
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..sounds exotic. I would certainly do it. Maybe Steve Jobs will let his visitors join in the fun?
 
Lord Blackadder said:
I'm more interested in just what he plans to do with his cube once the lease is up...

Just think how kick-arse a 32x32-foot PowerMac Cube with a clear case would be! I bet you could stuff a lot of Yona CPUs in there and one killer video card!!!!111:rolleyes: :eek: :D
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I had that same Idea as soon as I started reading this thread
 
That explains it!

seamuskrat said:
Plus, as you pointed out the lease is for 20 years. So if the glass cube remains on site, Mr Steve would be the proud owner of a giant glass cube in his 70's.

Of course, by then he will be even more eccentric and running around naked in your own digital biosphere would probably appeal to a 70 year old ex hippie.

I am sure the real reason for the glass cube its to make a really cool greenhouse in his backyard.
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Hmm... So he'll be in his seventies... And barring any seriously major R&D investment, Steve's unlikely to be immortal.

So, perhaps the cube will be...

A giant glass sarcophagus!

Neat, in a sort of in a Lenin-esque way.
 
Thomas Veil said:
Well...I certainly hope it's not a prototype.... ;)

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that was a good movie, i just saw hypercube the other day, it was allright, not as good as the first one..
 
It's a giant trojan cube. Steve will hide in there and when Bill Gates walks by and admires the cube, Steve will leap from inside of the cube and, er... maybe he will just make it a G5 cube.
 
You mean they will march up to microsoft headquaters and give it over as a peace offering and say they surender. Then when bill comes out BAM the ol' fork in the eye!:rolleyes:
 
freeny said:
Where did you get that reference?
Had a run in with a celebrity at a party where they did the same thing from thier roof, but with beer.
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"It puts the lotion on its skin or gets the hose again".... Silence of the Lambs
 
andy89 said:
You mean they will march up to microsoft headquaters and give it over as a peace offering and say they surender. Then when bill comes out BAM the ol' fork in the eye!:rolleyes:
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Yeah, something like that. Or maybe to IBM for screwing them over by not getting a G5 that could be put in a PB. The list could go on. We will need to see if any other giant cubes start popping up.
 
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