Macworld New York 2000-The G4 Cube Introduction

Here we see Steve Jobs introducing the G4 Cube. Although praised for its innovative industrial design, the Cube fails to catch on with creative professionals because it's too expensive, not powerful enough and hard to upgrade. The Cube is "put on ice" in July 2001 with Apple promising that it will be "reborn" in another form at a later date. Its widely accepted that the Mac mini computer was its successful replacement.

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[shinx2ran]

up to 1.5GB ram, hahaha

[Vocer Andreas]

It is 2013 and my jaw dropped when he pulled the guts out by the handle.

[MegaQwerty258]

why does he always have a drink at his desk?

[MegaQwerty258]

what the hell? 40 GIGA BYTES HOLY GEEZUS

[Tommy Dee]

Seriously, 1.5 gigabytes of RAM was gargantuan in the year 2000. The standard back then was 64 or 128 megabytes of RAM. Just wait 'till 2030, when your laptop with 8 gigabytes of RAM will seem puny compared to the standard, say 256 gigabytes of RAM.

[NiNSXssan nassxsnIn]

Wow, that's an amazing design. I bet everyone was shocked to see it back then. My jaw dropped when he pulled it out.

[Despatche]

clear acrylic is my god :(

[Leo De Crescenzo]

My iPhone 5 has a 1GHz processor and it is a phone! How is it belieavable? Where are we going to stop?

[RWDY]

Nowadays they don't do anything as ornate as clear acrylic cases. Dunno if that makes me sad or not

[Benjamin Crompton]

I heard it was an 8 inch cube.



[David Scott]

My Lg nexus 4 has 2 gig of ram crazy.