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Power Mac G4 Cube
 Power Mac G4 Cube ... | Full 128-bit internal memory data paths | Powerful floating-point unit supporting single-cycle, double-precision calculations | Data stream prefetching operations supporting four simultaneous 32-bit streams | 1MB backside level 2 cache running at 225 MHzNewest Review: ... G4 cube. I was mesmerised. How could something so powerful be so cute? But as a power-user - my work PC has 512MB of RAM, 120Gb of Hard drive space and a P4 processor running at 1.5Ghz - how could I ever make do with something that had a 500MHz processor, a 20Gb drive and 128Mb of RAM? In short, I couldn't! I upped the RAM to 512Mb, but using standard PC-100 SD-RAM DIMMS, it cost me about ... more ... £140! I also shoved a 60Gb 7200RPM drive in, but because it uses standard IDE-ATA drives, again this cost me about £140. But that's it, apart from an Apple wireless network card, the machine is full up, completely stuffed in fact. No more expansio...more |
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Power Mac G4 Cube: Small, but perfectly formed (417 words)
by DoctorDee - written on 25.05.01 (Very useful, 124 readings)
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Apple Macs are far from new to me! I used to work on one every single day for 4 years. I used to write about them for Mac Format magazine. I used to own one (or two, maybe four!) Then I stopped being a journalist and became a developer, and began to use PCs frequently. At first I hated the PC, Windows 3.1 was an abomination, Windows 95 WAS Mac 87 and Windows 98 just crashes! When I installed Windows 2000, my conversion was complete... the PC was as Mac like as it had ever been. Why would I go back? Then I saw the G4 cube. I was mesmerised. How could something so powerful be so cute? But as a power-user - my work PC has 512MB of RAM, 120Gb of Hard drive ...
The shape of the future? (897 words)
by spiffo - written on 10.05.01 (Very useful, 140 readings)
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I recently used the Apple Cube for the first time, and yes, I did use with one of those huge flatscreen monitors (you know, the 22" one that costs more than the computer). For those of you who don't know, the Cube is the latest design of computer to come from Apple. Designed by the same team who designed the iMac, it's an 8-inch high cube of plastic with a box containing the CPU, etc. inside. When a company like Apple produce such a new design, the first question has to be: Why? The iMac was designed for home use. The price and configuration was aimed at the home market, and making it look as if it belonged in the living room would add to ...
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